a woman, one woman, a certain woman | zan-i (the indefinite -i is not stressed although the adjectival -i IS stressed, if you'll recall!) |
Sir, man, gentleman | āqā |
a man, one man, a certain man | mard-i |
Kāve, a hero of the Shāhname of Ferdawsi; a masculine name | kāve |
a hero, one hero, a certain hero | qahremān-i |
hero, champion, protagonist | qahremān |
masculine, male | mozakker |
the Shāhname, the Book of Kings, the national epic of Iran by Ferdawsi, written around around 1000 AD. | shāh-nāme |
Hakim Abul-Qasem Ferdawsi Tusi, (935–1020) | Hakim Abul-Qāsem Ferdawsi Tusi |
dew; a femine name | zhāle |
feminine, female | moannas |
with the meaning of | be-ma`ni-ye |
garden; Book by Sa`di, The most famous prose work in Persian literature, completed in 1258. | golestān |
Shaikh Sa`di of Shiraz, (1184 - 1283/1291?) | sa`di |
famous | mashhur |
Bahram; masculine name | bahrām |
king, emperor | pādshāh |
beautiful | zibā |
beautiful, pretty, good-looking | khosh-gel |
feminine name; wife of Abraham/Ibrahim | sārā |
woman, lady | bānu |
spouse | ham-sar |
skirt | dāman |
women's, womanly, feminine, for women | zanāne |
waist | kamar |
from waist down | az kamar be pāin |
they wear, they put on, one wears, is worn | mipushānand |
the room where, the room which | otāq-i ke |
the room in which, the room where | otāq-i ke dar ān |
feminine name; another name for the planet Venus | nāhid |
planet | sayyāre |
doctor, physician | pezeshk |
doctor | tabib |
means, instrument, way, tool | vasile |
a means for, an instrument for | vasile-i bara-ye |
another name for, a different name for | nām-e digar-i barā-ye |
Parvin, a feminine name; another name for the constellation, Sorayya or Seven Sisters or the Pleides | parvin |
Parviz, a masculine name meaning "victory" | parviz |
Behruz, a masculine name meaning "good fortune" | behruz |
glove (pulled, "keshiden" over the hand) | dast-kesh |
for the hand, arm | barā-ye dast |
a covering, a piece of clothing | pushesh-i |
attention, directing the face towards | tavajjoh (this h is pronounced!) |
with interest | bā `allāqe |
to bring the face to, to turn to, directing attention to | rui āvardan be / rui āvordan be |
a matter, a thing, a command | amr-i |
matter, thing, command | amr |
vice-principal, 2nd-in-command in school and in charge of order and discipline | nāzem |
with minuteness, with care, carefully, attentively | bā deqqat |
the one which | ān ke |
attending to, checking to, overseeing | residegi be |
discipline | enzebāt |
order and discipline of the students | nazm-o enzebāt-e dānesh-āmuz-ān |
he has x job, he has the office of x, he takes care of x | chizi rā bar `ohde dārad |
Dārā or Daryush, a masculine name; having, in possession of | dārā |
he/she/it has a house | dārā-ye khāne ast / dārā-ye khānast |
album, photo album | ālbum |
ledger, notebook; office | daftar |
collecting | jam`-āvar-i |
postage stamp | tambr |
story, anecdote | hekāyat |
story | qesse |
story | dāstān |
police, police man | polis |
police man, watchman, guard | pās-bān |
Mansuri, last name meaning "victory" | mansur-i |
family name, last name | nam-e fāmil |
necklace | gardan-band |
a spun thing, a string, a line, a line of study or major | reshte-i |
ornament, decoration | zinat |
metal | felez |
stone, rock, gem | sang |
value, price | qimat |
valuable | qimt-i (here is an example of a stressed adjectival -i) |
around the neck | dawr-e gardan (beware of non-scholarly transliteration of diphthong as "dowr" or "dor" |
neck | gardan |
they tie, fasten, one ties, it is tied | mibandand |
Manizhe, a feminine name; in the Shāhname, the daughter of Afrassiyab and beloved of Bizhan, son of Giv | manizhe |
animal | hayvān |
animal | jānvar or jānevar |
eagle | `oqāb |
thing that flies, i.e. bird | parande |
a bird, one bird, a certain bird | parande-i |
hunting bird, bird of prey | parande-i shekār-i (the -i of parande is unstressed indefinite while on -i is stressed adjectival |
of hunting, for hunting, predatory | shekār-i |
body, bulk, bulkiness | jase |
relatively | nesbat-an |
with a relatively big body | bā jase-ye nesbat-an bozorg |
office | edāre |
office of work | daftar-e kār |
merchant, trader | bāzargān (careful of the a and ā in this one!) |
trader | tājer |
young person, young person | javān |
young | bornā |
young, young in age | kam-senn |
a school, one school, a certain school | madrase-i |
a gentleman, one gentleman, a certain gentleman | āqā-i |
one composition, a composition, a certain composition | enshā-i |
composition, creative writing | enshā |
eyebrow | abru |
collection of, gathering of | majmu` |
hair(s) | mu |
small hair(s) | mu-hā-ye kutāh |
one eyebrow, an eyebrow, a certain eyebrow | abru-i, abru-i |
upon the above of the eye, on the area above the eye | bar bālā-ye cheshm |
human being, person | انسان |
he/she/it grows | miruyad |
hall, corridor, walkway, passageway | rāh-raw |
narrow, thin | bārik |
covered | sar-pushide |
open area, open space, open enclosure | mohavete-ye bāz |
it ends up in, it leads to | montahā mishavad |
hall, corridor, passageway, walkway | dālān |
every animal which, any animal that | har jānvar-i ke |
ability of flight, capability of flying | tavān-e parvāz |
star | setāre |
the body in the sky which | jesm-i dar āsmān ke |
light | nur |
baker | nān-vā |
someone who, the one who, he who, she who | kasi ke |
Sa`id, masculine name with the meaning, "happy" or "blessed" | sa`id |
smart, clever, talented, sharp | zirak |
talent | este`dād |
smart, clever, talented, sharp | zerang |
eyelash | mozhe |
Mozhgān, a feminine name; eyelashes | mozhgān |
wide, spread out | pahn |
friendly, nice, kind | mehr-bān / mehrabān |
friendly | dustāne |
to wash | shostan |
clean | tamiz |
bright, shining | darakhshān |
lit up, bright, shining, clear | rawshan |
ugly | zesht |
student | mohāsel |
old, old person | pir |
like x | mānand-e |
like x | mesl-e |
example, sample | mesal |
example, sample | nemune |
to change | taghir dādan |
to change, to replace | `avaz kardan |
new | naw |
new | jadid |
new | navin, novin |
new, fresh | tāze |
decorated, nicely arranged | ārāste |
chic | shik |