CEFR level
C1
۸۲ words
- آب زیرکاهâb zir-e kâhdeceitfully calm / wolf in sheep's clothing (lit. water under straw)
- آزاد با ضمانتâzâd bâ zamânatreleased on bail; freed with surety
- ارتشاءerteshâbribery; corruption; taking a bribe (formal legal term)
- استنطاقestentâqinterrogation; police questioning
- انحرافenhirâfdeviation; departure from rules; misconduct
- بازپرسbâzporsinvestigating judge; magistrate who conducts inquiry
- بداههنوازیbadâhe-navâziimprovisation (musical)
- برگریزانbarg-rizânleaf fall; autumn shedding (agricultural signal for harvest)
- بهتانbohtânslander; false accusation; libel; بهتان زدن = to slander someone; بهتان ناحق = unjust accusation
- پاینده باشیpâyande bâshimay you endure; may you thrive (patriotic/literary farewell)
- پولشوییpul-shuyimoney laundering
- پیوند کردنpeyvand kardanto graft (trees); to bud
- تاریخ جغرافیاییtârikh-e joghrâfiyâyihistorical geography
- تبرئهtabra-eacquittal; being found not guilty; exoneration
- تجدیدنظرtajdid-nazarappeal; judicial review; retrial
- تدفینtadfininterment, burial
- تفرجtafarrojleisure walk; strolling for pleasure; contemplative wandering
- تفویضtafvizdelegation; transferring authority; granting powers
- جرایم سازمانیافتهjarâem-e sâzmân-yâfteorganised crime; criminal syndicate activity
- چنگchangchang (Persian harp)
- چهارگاهchahârgâhchahargah (a Persian dastgah/mode)
- حاکمیتhâkemiyyatsovereignty
- حریتhorriyyatliberty; freedom (classical/literary)
- خرمنگاهkharman-gâhthreshing floor
- خمسkhomskhums; one-fifth religious tax (Shia)
- خیانت ملیkhiyânat-e melinational treason; betrayal of the state
- دادستانdâdsetânprosecutor
- دانشورdâneshvarscholar; learned person
- دستگاه موسیقیdastgâhdastgah (Persian modal system)
- دگرگونیdegargunitransformation; metamorphosis; change of form
- دلانگیزdelanghizheart-stirring; moving; enchanting; emotionally evocative; موسیقی دلانگیز = soul-stirring music
- دهنبینdahan-binsycophant / one who reads the room to know what to say
- دیمکاریdiym-kâridryland farming; rain-fed cultivation (no irrigation)
- ذاتzâtessence; self; inherent nature
- رادیودرمانیrediyo-darmâniradiotherapy; radiation treatment for cancer
- ربابrobâbrabab (bowed/plucked lute)
- رسالهresâlehreligious jurisprudence guide
- رواندرمانیravân-darmânipsychotherapy
- روحانیتruhâniyyatthe clergy; the clerical class
- روضهخوانیrowzeh-khânilamentation ceremony for Imam Hussain
- زنگاریzangâriverdigris / dark teal (archaic colour)
- زیستگاهzistgâhhabitat
- سدهsadehSadeh (ancient fire festival in winter)
- سرمای مطلقsarmây-e motlaghabsolute zero; the lowest theoretical temperature
- سینهزنیsineh-zanichest-beating (mourning ritual)
- شادروانshâdravânthe late (blessed soul)
- شاهد احضارshâhed-e ehzârsubpoenaed witness; summoned witness
- شلیتهshalitehtraditional skirt (regional folk costume)
- طیفteyfspectrum (light or radio); also: spectrum of opinion
- غفلتghaflatnegligence; heedlessness; forgetting one's duty
- فدای شماfadâ-ye shomâI'd sacrifice myself for you; extreme taarof expression of devotion
- فرمانداریfarmândârigovernorship; county governor's office; local government office; رفتن به فرمانداری = to go to the county office
- قربانتqorbânatmay I be your sacrifice (devotion formula; term of endearment)
- قربان شماqorbân-e shomâI am your humble servant; ultra-polite taarof expression of deference
- قصیدهqasidehode; qasida (classical poetic form)
- قناتqanâtqanat (underground aqueduct)
- قنوتqonutsupplication (raised hands in prayer)
- کارپردازkar-pardazprocurement officer / purchasing agent
- کدخداkadkhodâvillage elder; headman; community mediator (colloquial: go-between in disputes or matchmaking)
- کروموزومkoromozonchromosome
- کفیلkafilbail guarantor; surety (person standing bail)
- لوایحlavâyehbills; draft legislation; formal legislative proposals
- ماهورmâhurmahur (a bright-sounding Persian dastgah)
- ماهی از سر گنده میشودmâhi az sar gandeh mishavadfish rots from the head (corruption starts at the top)
- ماهیتmâhiyyatnature; essence; essential character
- مباحmobâhpermissible; neutral act (Islamic law)
- مبدأmabdaorigin; starting point; first principle
- محاسبmohâsebauditor; reckoner
- مرجعmarja'supreme religious authority; Grand Ayatollah
- مرزبندیmorzbandidemarcation; border delineation
- مرور زمانmorur-e zamânstatute of limitations; passage of time (legal)
- مستحبmostahabbrecommended supererogatory act (Islamic law)
- مشmashrespectful title for a village elder or working-class man; contraction of مشهدی (one who has visited Mashhad); مش رجب = Uncle Rajab
- مصلحتmaslahatexpediency / public interest
- مفرmafarescape route; legal loophole; way out
- مکروهmakruhdiscouraged (Islamic law)
- میدان مغناطیسیmeydân-e moghnâtisimagnetic field
- نزولnozuldescent; revelation (of scripture); interest (on a loan); usury; نزول گرفتن = to charge interest; نزول قرآن = the revelation of the Quran
- نقارهnaqqârenaqqare (kettle drum)
- نقالnaqqâlstoryteller; oral narrator
- نمکگیرnamak-girto owe gratitude (lit. to be salted by someone)
- هنر هفتhonar-e haftthe seventh art (cinema)