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Farsi Persian Alphabet
This page contains a table including the following: Farsi alphabet, also called Persian letters which help you
pronounce the words in a given language, you will also learn about the different consonants and vowels. Make sure
to check our Learn Farsi page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.
Farsi Alphabet
English Farsi Pronunciation Farsi Script Various Forms
A as in apple hamzeh ء On the top of some vowels
A as in apple alef ا ا
Long “a” alef-e maddī آ آ
B as in Brazilian be ببب ب
P as in Persian pe پپپ پ
T as in Turkish te تتت ت
Th as in think the ثثث ث
J as in Japanese jīm ججج ج
Che as in Chinese che چچچ چ
Sharp h as in Hassan he ححح ح
Kh as in the Scottish loch, Spanish Jota khe خخخ خ
D as in Danish dāl د د
Th as in They Th as in They Th as in They ذ
R as in Russian re ر ر
Z as in Zulu ze ز ز
Je as in pleasure je or zhe ژ ژ
S as in Spanish sīn سسس س
Sh as in Shadow shīn ششش ش
S as in supper sād صصص ص
D as in Danish dād ضضض ض
T as in Tagalog Tā ططط ط
Th as in That thā ظظظ ظ
The closest is as a soundless “a” or ‘ ‘ayn ععع ع
gh as the french “r” in merci ghayn غغغ غ
F as in Farsi fe ففف ف
Sharp Qu (Qum) qāf ققق ق
K as in Kurdish kāf ککک ک
Same thing just a different way. kāf ککک ک
G as in Golf gāf گگگ گ
L as in Language lām للل ل
M as in Mandarin mīm ممم م
N as in Norwegian nūn ننن ن
W as in Wolof vāv و و
H as in Hebrew hā-ye havvaz ههه ه
English Farsi Pronunciation Farsi Script Various Forms
Y as in Yiddish yā-ye mo‘jam ییی ی
Y as in Yiddish, sometimes as “a” yā-ye fārsī ییی ی
Farsi Adjectives
This page contains a table including the following: Farsi Adjectivesincluding colors, size,
shapes, tastes, quantities... to help you with your Farsi vocabulary and expressions. Try to
memorize the way they're used because they're very important in communication, and might be
very helpful to convey your most important expressions. Make sure to check our Learn
Farsi page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.
Farsi Adjectives
The following 2 tables contain important adjectives about colors, size, shapes, tastes, quantities in Farsi as well as in
English.
English Farsi Adjectives Persian Script
Colors
Black seeyaa سیاه
Blue aabee آبی
Brown qah-veyee قهوهای
Gray KhaakesaRee خاکستری
Green sabz سبز
Orange naaRanjee نارنجی
Purple aRghoonee ارغوانی
Red qeRmiz قرمز
White sefeed سفید
Yellow zaRd زرد
Sizes
Big boozoRg بزرگ
Deep god گود
Long deRaaz دراز
Narrow baaReek باریک
Short (in height) kootaa qad کوتاقد
Short (in length) kootaah کوتاه
English Farsi Adjectives Persian Script
Small, little koocheek کوچک
Tall boolan qad بلندقد
Thick kooloft کلفت
Thin laaghaR الغر
Wide 'aReez عریض
Shapes
Round geRd گرد
Straight Raast راست
Square moRaba' مربع
Triangular moosalas مثلث
The following table contains important Farsi adjectives about directions that you might use when lost.
English Farsi Persian
Adjectives
Tastes
Bitter talKh تلخ
Fresh taazey تازه
Salty shooR شور
Sour toRsh ترش
Spicy tond تند
Sweet sheeReen شیرین
Qualities
Bad bad بد
Clean tameez تمیز
Dark poR Rang پررنگ
Difficult saKht سخت
Dirty kaseef کثیف
Dry Khoshk خشک
Easy aasoon آسون
Empty Khaalee خالی
Expensive geRoon گرون
Fast saRee' سریع
English Farsi Persian
Adjectives
Foreign KhaaRijee خارجی
Full poR پر
Good Khoob خوب
Hard (firm) seft سفت
Heavy sangeen سنگین
Inexpensive aRzoon ارزون
Light (illumination) cheRaagh چراغ
Light (weight) sabok سبک
Local mahalee محلی
New taazey تازه
Noisy (person) poR haRf پرحرف
Noisy (loud noise) boland بلند
Old (about things) koh-ney کهنه
Old (about people) peeR پیر
Powerful qavee قوی
Quiet (person) bee saRo sedaa بیسروصدا
Right / Correct doRost درست
Slow aahise / yavaash یواش/آهسه
Soft naRm نرم
Very Kheylee خیلی
Weak za'eef ضعیف
Wet taR / Khees خیس/تر
Wrong / Incorrect ghalat غلط
Young javoon جوان
Quantities
Noisy poR saRo sedaa پرسروصدا
Quiet aaRoom آرام
Few / Little kam کم
Many / Much zeeyaad زیاد
Part qesmat قسمت
Some / A few (male
form)
chan taa / kamee /
ba'azee بعضی/کمی/چندتا
A few (feminine) chan taa چندتا
Whole
Farsi Vocabulary
This page contains a table including the following: Farsi Vocabulary to help you with your
Farsi vocabulary and expressions. Try to memorize the way they're used because they're very
important in communication, and might be very helpful to convey your most important
expressions. Make sure to check our Learn Farsi page, which contains several lessons that
might help you in your learning process.
Farsi Vocabulary
The following table contains important vocabulary about days, time, directions, and locations in Farsi as well as in
English.
English Farsi Vocabulary Persian Script
Time
Sunday ye shanbe یکشنبه
Monday do shanbe دوشنبه
Tuesday se shanbe سهشنبه
Wednesday chaaR shanbe چهارشنبه
Thursday panshanbe پنجشنبه
Friday jom'e جمعه
Saturday shanbe شنبه
Yesterday deeRooz دیروز
Today emRooz امروز
Tomorrow faRdaa فردا
Day Rooz روز
Night shab بش
Week haftey هفته
Month maa ماه
Year saal سال
Second saaneeye ثانیه
Minute daqeeqe دقیقه
Hour saa'at ساعت
Morning sob صبح
English Farsi Vocabulary Persian Script
Evening 'asR عصر
Noon zoR ظهر
Afternoon ba'ad az zoR بعدازظهر
Midnight nisfey shab نصفهشب
Now haalaa حاال
Later ba'dan بعدا
The following table contains important Farsi Vocabulary about directions that you might use when lost.
English Farsi Expressions Persian Script
Directions
Above / Over Roo رو
After / Past ba'ad az بعداز
Back / Behind 'aqab عقب
In front of / Forward jelowey / jelo جلو/جلوه
Before qabl az قبلاز
Between meeyoon میون
Coordinates muKhtasaat مختصات
Degrees zaaveeye زاویه
Down paayeen پایین
East shaRq شرق
Far dooR دور
Longitude toole jughRaafeeyaayee طولهجغرافیایی
Left chap چپ
Latitude aRzey jughRaafeeyaayee عرضهجغرافیایی
My position is ___. moz'am ___ e / moz'e ___ man من___موضع/اِ___موضعم
Near nazdeek نزدیک
North shomaal شمال
Northeast shomaaley shaRqee شمالهشرقی
Northwest shomaaley ghaRbee شمالهغربی
Right Raast راست
South joonoob جنوب
Southeast joonoobey shaRqee جنوبهشرقی
Southwest joonoobey ghaRbee جنوبهغربی
Straight ahead. mostaqeem مستقیم
English Farsi Expressions Persian Script
Under zeeR زیر
Up baalaa باال
West ghaRb غرب
Before / In front of / Forward peesh az / jelowey / jelo جلو/جلوه/پیشاز
Above baalaa باال
Over Roo رو
Back posht پشت
Behind 'aqab عقب
In front of jelowey جلوه
Locations
Beach saahel ساحل
Border maRz مرز
Bridge pol پل
Camp oRdoogaa اردوگاه
Dirt road jaadey Khaakee جادهخاکی
Forest jangal جنگل
Harbor bandaR بندر
Hill tapey تپه
House manzil / Khooney خونه/منزل
Lake daRyaachey دریاچه
Meadow maRta' مرتع
Mountain kooh کوه
Ocean oqeeyaanoos اوقیانوس
Path Raah راه
Paved road jaade ye esfaalte جادهیاسفالته
Place jaa جا
Position moze' موضع
River RoodKhooney رودخونه
Road Raah راه
Sea daRyaa دریا
Square meydoon میدون
Tree deRaKht درخت
Valley daRey دره
Village deh ده
Where? kujaa? کجا؟
Farsi Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers
This page contains a table including the following: Farsi Numbers both cardinal and ordinal.
Try to memorize the way they're used because they're very important in communication, and
might be very helpful to convey your most important expressions. Make sure to check our Learn
Farsi page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.
Farsi Cardinal Numbers
Cardinal numbers in Farsi as well as in English are digits like 1, 2, 3, 4 … There are two
ways of writing the numbers in Farsi, in Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3) or in Farsi script ( , یک
سه, دو ). The table below contains more information about the farsi numbers.
English Farsi Numbers Persian Script
0 Zero sefR صفر
1 One yek یک
2 Two do دو
3 Three se سه
4 Four chaaR چهار
5 Five panj پنج
6 Six sheesh شش
7 Seven haft هفت
8 Eight hasht هشت
9 Nine no نه
10 Ten da ده
11 Eleven yaaze یازده
12 Twelve davaaze دوازده
13 Thirteen seeze سیزده
14 Fourteen chaaRde چهارده
15 Fifteen poonze پانزده
16 Sixteen shoonze شانزده
17 Seventeen heevde هفده
18 Eighteen heezhde هجده
19 Nineteen nooze نوزده
English Farsi Numbers Persian Script
20 Twenty bees بیست
30 Thirty see سی
40 Forty chel چهل
50 Fifty panjaa پنجاه
60 Sixty shas شصت
70 Seventy haftaad هفتاد
80 Eighty hashtaad هشتاد
90 Ninety navad نود
100 Hundred sad صد
1,000 Thousand hezaaR هزار
10,000 Ten Thousand da hezaaR دههزار
100,000 Hundred Thousand sad hezaaR صدهزار
1,000,000 Million ye melyoon یکمیلیون
Plus be'alaave بعالوه
Minus menhaa منها
More (than) beeshtaR az بیشتراز
Less (than) kamtaR az کمتراز
Approximately taqReeban تقریبا
First aval اول
Second doovom دوم
Third sevom سوم
The Persian language has been written with a number of different scripts, including the Old Persian
Cuneiform, Pahlavi, Aramaic, and Avestan, Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. After the Islamic conquest of the Persian
Sassanian Empire in 642 AD, Arabic became the language of government, culture and especially religion.
Modern Persian appeared during the 9th century. It is written in a version of the Arabic script and is full of words of
Arabic origin. There are also two methods of writing Persian with the Latin alphabet.
Under Mongolian and Turkish rulers, Persian was adopted as the language of government in Turkey, central Asia and
India, where it was used for centuries, and until after 1900 in Kashmir.
Persian is a member of the Iranian branch of Indo-European languages spoken by about 130 million people, mainly
in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. There are also significiant numbers of speakers in many other countries, including
Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Turkey, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Israel, Turkmenistan, Oman, Yemen, the UAE and the USA.
In Afghanistan Persian is known as Dari (درى) or Dari-Persian, while in Tajikistan it's known as Tajiki (Тоҷики
.(تاجیکى /
Persian, Farsi or Parsi?
The official language of Iran is sometimes called Farsi in English and other languages. This is a correct transliteration
of the native name of the language, however many, including the ISO and the Academy of Persian Language and
Literature, prefer the name Persian for the language. Some speakers use the older local name: Parsi (پارسی). There
is some discussion about this topic at: wikipedia.
Iran or Persia?
Until 1935, the official name of the country currently known as Iran was Persia, though the Persian people have
called their country Iran since the Sassanid period (226 - 651 AD). There's further discussion about this
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_naming_dispute
Persian alphabet (الفبای فارسی) and pronunciation
Notable features
Type of writing system: abjad - includes letters only for consonants. Vowels, when indicated, are written
with diacritics and/or combinations of consonant letters
Direction of writing: right to left in horizontal lines; numerals written from left to right.
Used to write: Persian (فارسی)
Notes
Persian has seven vowel sounds: â (/ɒː/), a (/æ/), e (/e/), I (/iː/), o (/o/), u (/uː/), ow (/ou/)
"Alef" has no particular sound. At the beginning of words by means of diacritics it can denote "â" (آ), "a" ( ا),
"e" ( ا), "o" ( is commonly (آ) "but elsewhere, it always denotes "â". However, only the diacritic of "â (اُ
written and you just have to memorize the pronunciation. For example: آب (âb) – water, اسب (asb) –
horse, امید (omid) – hope, امشب (emšab) - tonight.
Notes and corrections by Ali Jahanshiri
Numerals
Note
The symbols for 4,5 and 6 are different from the standard numerals used for Arabic.
Farsi Phrases
This page contains a table including the following: Farsi phrases, also called Persian expressions and words in Farsi,
conversation and idioms, Farsi greetings and survival phrases or simply if you want to know what to say when
chatting. Most of the sentences below are used for the everyday life conversations, so they might come handy if you
memorize them. Make sure to check our Learn Farsi page, which contains several lessons that might help you in
your learning process.
Farsi Phrases
English Phrases Farsi Phrases
English Greetings Farsi Greetings:
Hi! Salam! سالم
Good morning! Sobh Be Kheyr! صبحبخیر
Good evening! Asr be kheyr! عصربخیر
Welcome! (to greet someone) Khosh Amadid! خوشآمدید
How are you? Shoma chetur hastin? شماچطورهستین
I'm fine, thanks! Man khoobam, Mamnoon! ممنون.وبممنخ
And you? Va shoma وشما
Good/ So-So. Khoob خوب
Thank you (very much)! Mamnoon ممنون
You're welcome! (for "thank
you") Khahesh Mikonam خواهشمیکنم
Hey! Friend! Hey! Refigh! رفیق!هی
I missed you so much! Delam barat kheyli tang shodeh دلمبراتخیلیتنگشده
What's new? Che khabar? چهخبر؟
English Phrases Farsi Phrases
Nothing much Khabari nist خبرینیست
Good night! Shab be kheyr شببخیر
See you later! Ba’adan mibinamet بعدأمیبینمت
Good bye! Bedrood بدرود
Asking for Help and Directions
I'm lost Man gom shodam منگمشدم
Can I help you? Mitoonam ke komaketoon konam میتونمکهکمکتونکنم؟
Can you help me? Shoam mitooni ke komakam konid شمامیتونیدکمکم
کنید؟
Where is the (bathroom/
pharmacy)? (dashtshooi/darookhaneh) kojast? ( (اروخانهد/دستشویی
کجاست؟
Go straight! then turn left/
right! Mostaghim boro ba’ad be Chap/ rast bepich مندنبال
جانمیگردم
I'm looking for john. Man Donbale john migardam مندنبالجانمیگردم
One moment please! Yek lahzeh lotfan یکلحظهلطفا
Hold on please! (phone) Yek lahzeh lotfan یکلحظهلطفا
How much is this? Gheymatesh chand ast? قیمتشچنداست؟
Excuse me ...! (to ask for
something) Bebakhshid ببخشید
Excuse me! ( to pass by) Bebakhshid ببخشید
Come with me! Ba man bia بامنبیا
Do you speak (English/ Farsi)? Aya shoma (Engilisi/Farsi) harf mizanid
حرفمیزنید؟(فارسی/انگلیسی)آیاشما
Just a little. Kami. کمی
What's your name? Esm e shoma chist? اسمشماچیست؟
My name is ... Esm e man? اسممن ...
Mr.../ Mrs.…/ Miss… Aghaye…/Khanoome…/Doshizeh دوشیزه.../خانم../آقای ...
Nice to meet you! Az molaghat e sham khosh vaghtam ازمالقاتشماخوشوقتم
You're very kind! Shoma kheyli mehrban hastid شماخیلیمهربانهستید
Where are you from? Shoma ahleh koja hastid شمااهلکجاهستید
I'm from (the U.S/ Iran) Man az (America/ Iran) hastam هستم(ایران/آمریکا)مناز
I'm (American) Man America i hastam هستم(آمریکایی)من
Where do you live? Shoma koja zendegi mikonid? شماکجازندگیمیکنید
I live in (the U.S/ Iran) Man dar (America/ Iran) zendegi mikonam
زندگیمیکنم(مکزیک/ایران/آمریکا)مندر
Did you like it here? Man az inja khosham omade شماازاینجاخوشتوناومده
Iran is a wonderful country Iran keshvar e jalebi Hast ایرانکشورجالبیهست
What do you do for a living? Shoghl e shoma chist? شغلشماچیهست؟
I work as a (translator/ businessman) Man be onvane (motarjem/ tajer) kar mikonam
کارمیکنم(تاجر/مترجم)منبهعنوانیک
I like Farsi Man az zaban e farsi khosham miayad مناززبانفارسیخوشممیآید
I've been learning Farsi for 1 month Man yek mah hast ke farsi ray ad migiram منیکماههستکهفارسیرایادمیگیرم
Oh! That's good! Oh, che khoob! خوبه!اوه
How old are you? Chand salet hast? چندسالتهست؟
I'm (twenty, thirty...) years old. Man (bist/ Si) sal daram سالدارم(سی/بیست)من
I have to go Man bayad beravam منبایدبروم
I will be right back! Bar migardam! برمیگردم
Wish Someone Something
Good luck! Mo’afagh bashed موفقباشید
Happy birthday! Tavalodat mobarak تولدتمبارک
Happy new year! Sal e no mobarak سالنومبارک
Merry Christmas! Kirismass Mobarak کریسمسمبارک
Congratulations! Tabrik migoyam تبریکمیگویم
Enjoy! (for meals...) Berma’id بفرمایید
I'd like to visit Iran one day Man dost daram ke yek rooz iran ra bebinam مندوستدارمکهیکروزایرانروببینم
Say hi to John for me Be John salam e man ra beresoonid سالممنرابرسونید"جان"به
Bless you (when sneezing) A’afiat bashad عافیتباشد
Good night and sweet dreams! Shab bekheyr va khab hay e khoob bebini
ببخیروخوابهایخوبببینیش
Solving a Misunderstanding
I'm Sorry! (if you don't hear something) Bebakhshid? ببخشید؟
Sorry (for a mistake) Bebakhshid ببخشید
No Problem! Moshkeli nist مشکلینیست
Can You Say It Again? Mish tekrar konid? ارکنید؟میشهتکر
Can You Speak Slowly? Mishe ahesteh tar sohbat konid میشهآهستهترصحبتکنید
Write It Down Please! Lotfan yaddasht konid لطفایادداشتکنید
I Don't Understand! Motavajjeh nemisham متوجهنمیشوم
I Don't Know! Nemidanam نمیدانم
I Have No Idea. Nazari nadaram نظریندارم
What's That Called In Farsi? Be Farsi chi misheh بهفارسیچیمیشه؟
What Does "moshkeli" Mean In English? “moshkeli” be engilisi chi misheh? بهانگلیسیچیمیشه؟ “moshkeli”
How Do You Say "Please" In Farsi? Shoma “please” ro be farsi chi migin?
روبهفارسیچیمیگین؟"بلیز"شما
What Is This? In chieh? اینچیه؟
My Farsi is bad. Farsi e man bad ast فارسیمنبداست
I need to practice my Farsi Man bayad farsi ro bishtar tamrin konam منبایدفارسیروبیشترتمرینکنم
Don't worry! Negaran nabashid نگراننباشید
Farsi Expressions and Words
Good/ Bad/ So-So. Khoob/ bad/ motavaset متوسط/بد/خوب
Big/ Small Bozorg/ khoochak کوچک/بزرگ
Today/ Now Emrooz/ A’alan االن/امروز
Tomorrow/ Yesterday Farad/ dirooz دیروز/فردا
Yes/ No Baleh/ nakheyr نخیر/بله
Here you go! (when giving something) Befarmaid! بفرمائید
Do you like it? Khoshet miad? خوشتمیاد؟
I really like it! Vaghe’an azash khosham miad واقعاازشخوشممیاد
I'm hungry/ thirsty. Man (goshneh/ Teshneh) am ام"تشنه/گشنه"من
In The Morning/ Evening/ At Night. Sobh/ asr/ shab شب/عصر/صبح
This/ That. Here/There In/ a’an. Inja/ A’anja آنجا/اینجا.آن/این
Me/ You. Him/ Her. Man/ to. Oo/ Oo (Him & Her are same) او/او.تو/من
Really! Vaghea’an! واقعا
Look! Negah kon! نگاهکن !
Hurry up! Ajaleh kon! عجلهکن !
What? Where? Chi? Koja? چی؟کجا؟
What time is it? Sa’at chand ast? ساعتچنداست؟
It's 10 o'clock. 07:30pm. Sa’at dah. hafto si daghigheh ye asr وسیدقیقهعصرهفت.01ساعت
Give me this! Ino be man bede! اینوبهمنبده
I love you! Doset daram! دوستدارم
I feel sick. Man ehsas e nakhoshi mikonam مناحساسناخوشیمیکنم
I need a doctor Man be Dr ehtiaj daram منبهدکتراحتیاجدارم
One, Two, Three Yek/ do/ she سه/دو/یک
Four, Five, Six Chahar/ panj/ shesh شش/پنج/چهار
Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten Haft / hasht/ noh/ dah ده/نه/هشت/هفت