Sedā-ye pā-ye āb, Part 5-- Flashcards -- English to Persian

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موج

snow

برف

friendship

دوستی

word

کلمه

things

اشیا = شیٔ‌ها

shadow, shade

سایه

place of shade

سایه‌گاه

cell

یاخته‌

heat

تف

blood

خون

direction

سمت

damp, moist, humid

مرطوب

east

شرق

nature, habit, heart, position, structure, composition

نهاد

human, of mankind, of humanity

بشری

section, part, season

فصل

vagrancy, wandering about, roaming

ولگردی

fan

بادبزن

seed

دانه

vine

پیچک

eruption; ebullition; effervescence

فوران

cascading, falling down, pouring down

ریزش

vine

تاک

bār-ash (formal); bār-esh (colloquial) = his/her/its load
bār-esh = rainstorm, downpour

بارش

bridge

پل

leap, jump

پرش

joy, happiness

شادی

trench, moat

خندق

passing

گذر

happening, event

حادثه

speech, word, Islamic philosophy

کلام

war

جنگ

opening to allow light and air in, hole, orifice

روزنه

pear

گلابی

basket

زنبیل

bloody

خونین

pomegranate

انار

tooth

دندان

Nazi

نازی

stem, stalk

ساقه

coquetry, coquettishness; the touch-me-not flower; the stonecrop flower

ناز

eloquence

فصاحت

parrot

طوطی

together

با هم

forehead

پیشانی

cold, coldness

سردی

attack

حمله

cermanic tile

کاشی

mosque

مسجد

prostration

سجود

Ascension. According to the Koran (Sura al-Isrā: 1 & 60) and Hadith, Muhammad's night journey to heaven mounted on his steed Burāq.

معراج

bubble

حباب

soap

صابون

army, division

لشکر

repelling, repulse; warding off, parrying

دفع

calamities, misfortunes. dangers, disasters, pestes, plagues

آفات = آفت‌ها

Pest Control Program, an official campaign involving aggressive use of pesticides

برنامهٔ «دفع آفات»

handle; party; faction, group; platoon; squad

دسته

line, row

صفّ

worker, laborer, manual laborer

کارگر

Laying plumbing pipes. For several years, there was a massive plumbing program in major cities (mainly Tehran) attracting hordes of peasants from villages who worked as cheap day laborers digging the streets and laying down plumbing all over the place. The image here is of the out of place villagers lined up in rows digging the streets all over the city, laying down pipes.

«لوله‌کشی»

regiment

هنگ

reed-pen

قلم نی

reed, straw; flute

نی

words

حروف = حرف‌ها

leaden, made of lead

سربی

jaw

فکّ

conquest. literally: "opening up"

فتح

century

قرن

by, by the hand of

به دستِ

starling (bird)

سار

three or four

سه چهار

horse-rider

اسب‌سوار

wooden, made of wood

چوبی

festival; New Year's Festival, Naw-Ruz

عید

ball

توپ

murder

قتل

squeak toy made of two clay disks, one of which contained a reed implement in it to make noise,
connected together with a paper cylinder to make a bellows. The two clay disks would be pumped to make noise.

جغجغه

mattress

تشک

at the order of, behest of, by the order of

به دستورِ = به فرمانِ

song, chant

سرود

moonlight

مهتاب

neon

نئون

willow

بید

government, the Government

دولت

depressed, saddened

افسرده

wintersweet flower, edelweiss

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