Kashf-e Asrār, Part 7 -- Flashcards -- Persian to English

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صفّ

row, line; class

برهنه

naked, nude

مشق

exercise, drill, training; handwriting practice

رقاصّ

dancer, professional dancer

رقاصّی

dance

وادار کردن

to persuade, to oblige, to force

اکنون

now

اکنون هم

now also = even now

مدارس= مدرسه‌ها

schools

دولت

government (especially in Qājār era)

عُمّال = عامل‌ها

agents, functionaries, public officers

عامِل

agent, factor, active, skilled, managing, executive; laborer

عَمله

laborer(s), workmen, workman. This is the plural of `āamel but used as both singular and plural. Only has meaning of manual laborer, not gov't functionary. Its plural is `amalejāt)

عملجات

laborers, workmen (plural of `amale)

روزگارش

its fate (its may refer to inanimate plurals such as "schools")

امثالِ

like, such as

شماها = شما

you, you all, y'all

کتابچه

little book, booklet

کتابچهٔ چند صفحه‌ای

a little book of a few pages

چند

how many? / a few

چند صفحه‌ای

a few-paged [book] (the whole expression is indefinite)

صفحه‌

page

صفحه‌ای

a page

کتاب

book

روزگار

fate, fortune

دختر

daughter; girl