Bachche-Susul -- Vocabulary -- Persian to English

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به یک کارگر خوب نیازمندیم

to one good worker we are needy
We need a good worker

یک

one, a

کارگر

worker

کارگر خوب

good worker

نیاز

need

یک کارگر = کارگری = یک کارگری

one worker, a worker

نیازمندیم = نیازمند هستیم

We are in need = We need

نیازمند

in need, needy

نَه یک بَچه‌سوسول

not a sissy child

نَه یک بَچه...

not a child.... In Persian, the short vowels are normally not written. Here it is either serving to embellish the calligraphy or show the Tehrān pronunciation of /a/ rather than another dialect or perhaps merely to make the sign more humorous.

نَه

No, not. Tehrān pronunciation = /na/. Esfahān pronunciation = /ne/.

سوسول

sissy

بچّه

child

نیازمند هستم = نیازمندم

I am in need

به چیزی نیازمندند = به چیزی نیازمند هستند

They are in need of something

انواع ساندویچ

kinds of sandwich(es)

انواع = نوع‌ها

kinds

ساندویچ

sandwich(es)

بَچه‌سوسول = بچّهٔ سوسول

sissy = sissy child

بچّه‌سوسول = بچّهٔ سوسول

sissy-child, sissy guy, sissy. With frequent usage, the ezāfe may be omitted and such a phrase may become as one word

ساندویچ

sandwich. The consonant cluster d-v in this imported word is normally broken up by a vowel when pronounced: sāndevich, sāndovich

انواع = نوع‌ها

kinds