Pre-vocab Week 1 English to Finglish 148 items

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a woman, one woman, a certain womanzan-i (the indefinite -i is not stressed although the adjectival -i IS stressed, if you'll recall!)
Sir, man, gentlemanāqā
a man, one man, a certain manmard-i
Kāve, a hero of the Shāhname of Ferdawsi; a masculine namekāve
a hero, one hero, a certain heroqahremān-i
hero, champion, protagonistqahremān
masculine, malemozakker
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 namezhāle
feminine, femalemoannas
with the meaning ofbe-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
famousmashhur
Bahram; masculine namebahrām
king, emperorpādshāh
beautifulzibā
beautiful, pretty, good-lookingkhosh-gel
feminine name; wife of Abraham/Ibrahimsārā
woman, ladybānu
spouseham-sar
skirtdāman
women's, womanly, feminine, for womenzanāne
waistkamar
from waist downaz kamar be pāin
they wear, they put on, one wears, is wornmipushānand
the room where, the room whichotāq-i ke
the room in which, the room whereotāq-i ke dar ān
feminine name; another name for the planet Venusnāhid
planetsayyāre
doctor, physicianpezeshk
doctortabib
means, instrument, way, toolvasile
a means for, an instrument forvasile-i bara-ye
another name for, a different name fornām-e digar-i barā-ye
Parvin, a feminine name; another name for the constellation, Sorayya or Seven Sisters or the Pleidesparvin
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, armbarā-ye dast
a covering, a piece of clothingpushesh-i
attention, directing the face towardstavajjoh (this h is pronounced!)
with interestbā `allāqe
to bring the face to, to turn to, directing attention torui āvardan be / rui āvordan be
a matter, a thing, a commandamr-i
matter, thing, commandamr
vice-principal, 2nd-in-command in school and in charge of order and disciplinenāzem
with minuteness, with care, carefully, attentivelybā deqqat
the one whichān ke
attending to, checking to, overseeingresidegi be
disciplineenzebāt
order and discipline of the studentsnazm-o enzebāt-e dānesh-āmuz-ān
he has x job, he has the office of x, he takes care of xchizi rā bar `ohde dārad
Dārā or Daryush, a masculine name; having, in possession ofdārā
he/she/it has a housedārā-ye khāne ast / dārā-ye khānast
album, photo albumālbum
ledger, notebook; officedaftar
collectingjam`-āvar-i
postage stamptambr
story, anecdotehekāyat
storyqesse
storydāstān
police, police manpolis
police man, watchman, guardpās-bān
Mansuri, last name meaning "victory"mansur-i
family name, last namenam-e fāmil
necklacegardan-band
a spun thing, a string, a line, a line of study or majorreshte-i
ornament, decorationzinat
metalfelez
stone, rock, gemsang
value, priceqimat
valuableqimt-i (here is an example of a stressed adjectival -i)
around the neckdawr-e gardan (beware of non-scholarly transliteration of diphthong as "dowr" or "dor"
neckgardan
they tie, fasten, one ties, it is tiedmibandand
Manizhe, a feminine name; in the Shāhname, the daughter of Afrassiyab and beloved of Bizhan, son of Givmanizhe
animalhayvān
animaljānvar or jānevar
eagle`oqāb
thing that flies, i.e. birdparande
a bird, one bird, a certain birdparande-i
hunting bird, bird of preyparande-i shekār-i (the -i of parande is unstressed indefinite while on -i is stressed adjectival
of hunting, for hunting, predatoryshekār-i
body, bulk, bulkinessjase
relativelynesbat-an
with a relatively big bodybā jase-ye nesbat-an bozorg
officeedāre
office of workdaftar-e kār
merchant, traderbāzargān (careful of the a and ā in this one!)
tradertājer
young person, young personjavān
youngbornā
young, young in agekam-senn
a school, one school, a certain schoolmadrase-i
a gentleman, one gentleman, a certain gentlemanāqā-i
one composition, a composition, a certain compositionenshā-i
composition, creative writingenshā
eyebrowabru
collection of, gathering ofmajmu`
hair(s)mu
small hair(s)mu-hā-ye kutāh
one eyebrow, an eyebrow, a certain eyebrowabru-i, abru-i
upon the above of the eye, on the area above the eyebar bālā-ye cheshm
human being, person

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he/she/it growsmiruyad
hall, corridor, walkway, passagewayrāh-raw
narrow, thinbārik
coveredsar-pushide
open area, open space, open enclosuremohavete-ye bāz
it ends up in, it leads tomontahā mishavad
hall, corridor, passageway, walkwaydālān
every animal which, any animal thathar jānvar-i ke
ability of flight, capability of flyingtavān-e parvāz
starsetāre
the body in the sky whichjesm-i dar āsmān ke
lightnur
bakernān-vā
someone who, the one who, he who, she whokasi ke
Sa`id, masculine name with the meaning, "happy" or "blessed"sa`id
smart, clever, talented, sharpzirak
talenteste`dād
smart, clever, talented, sharpzerang
eyelashmozhe
Mozhgān, a feminine name; eyelashesmozhgān
wide, spread outpahn
friendly, nice, kindmehr-bān / mehrabān
friendlydustāne
to washshostan
cleantamiz
bright, shiningdarakhshān
lit up, bright, shining, clearrawshan
uglyzesht
studentmohāsel
old, old personpir
like xmānand-e
like xmesl-e
example, samplemesal
example, samplenemune
to changetaghir dādan
to change, to replace`avaz kardan
newnaw
newjadid
newnavin, novin
new, freshtāze
decorated, nicely arrangedārāste
chicshik