Farsi/Persian Alphabet
Modern Persian is the official language of Iran. An ancient literary language, Persian was written in the Pahlavi script before the Arab conquest in the 7th century. A new form written in the Arabic script developed during the 9th and 10th centuries; this is the basis of the Modern Persian language used today. As recently as 1950 there were several distinct dialects of spoken Persian, but due to the spread of public education and broadcast media, a standard spoken form, with minor regional accents, has evolved. Important languages of minority groups that have their own publications and broadcast programs include Azeri (a Turkic language of the Altaic family), Kurdish, Arabic, and Armenian.
Farsi is written from right to left; Both words & numbers.
Its alphabet consists of 32 letters which some of them have a similar sound. Short vowels are not written in Farsi. Each alphabet letter has two forms : Capital & Small.
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Yes |
ba’le
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I |
man |
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No |
na |
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You (singular, familiar) |
to |
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Thank you |
mot’sha’keram / merci |
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You (singular, formal) |
shoma |
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Thank you very much |
khei’li mot-sha’keram |
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He / She |
ou |
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Please |
lotfan |
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It |
oon |
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Excuse me |
bebakh’shid |
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We |
ma |
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Hello |
salam |
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You (plural) |
shoma |
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Good bye |
khoda’hafez |
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They |
ishan |
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See you |
be’omide’didar |
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Good morning |
sobh be’kheir |
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What is Your name? |
esme shoma chist? |
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Good day |
rooz be’kheir |
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My name is … . |
esme man … ast. |
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Good evening |
asr be’kheir |
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Nice to meet you. |
khosh’vagh’tam. |
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Good night |
shab be’kheir |
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How are you? |
hal’e shoma che’tor’e? |
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Good |
khoob |
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I don’t understand |
man ne’mi’fahmam |
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Bad |
bad |
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I don’t know Farsi |
man farsi balad nis’tam |
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I know English |
man ingilisi mi’doo’nam |
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Wife |
zan / khanoom |
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Do you speak English? |
Shoma ingilisi mi-doo’nid? |
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Husband |
shohar |
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French |
faransavi |
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spouse |
hamsar |
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Spanish |
espanioli |
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son / boy |
pesar |
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German |
almani |
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daughter / girl |
dokhtar |
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Japanese |
japoni |
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mother |
madar |
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Turkish |
turki |
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father |
pedar |
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friend |
doost |
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Why? |
chera? |
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sister |
khahar |
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What? |
chi? |
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brother |
baradar |
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Where? |
koja? |
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Mr. / Man |
agha |
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When? |
kay? |
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Mrs. / Ms. / Lady |
khanoom |
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How? |
chetor? |
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NUMBERS |
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Farsi |
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English |
Farsi |
English |
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Zero (0) |
sefr |
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one hundred (100) |
sad |
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One (1) |
yek |
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Twenty (20) |
bist |
two hundreds (200) |
devist |
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Two (2) |
dow |
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Thirty (30) |
see |
three hundrads (300) |
si-sad |
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Three (3) |
se |
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Forty (40) |
chehel |
four hundreds (400) |
chahar-sad |
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Four (4) |
chahar |
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Fifty (50) |
panjah |
five hundreds (500) |
pan-sad |
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Five (5) |
panj |
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Sixty (60) |
shast |
six hundreds (600) |
shish-sad |
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Six (6) |
shesh |
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Seventy (70) |
haftad |
seven hundreds (700) |
haft-sad |
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Seven (7) |
haft |
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Eighty (80) |
hashtad |
eight hundreds (800) |
hasht-sad |
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Eight (8) |
hasht |
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Ninety (90) |
navad |
nine hundreds (900) |
noh-sad |
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Nine (9) |
noh |
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Thousand (1000) |
hezar |
Million (1,000,000) |
Milion |
Other Farsi numbers can be made using the above numbers in the same way that English numbers are made.
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