Origin
Pure Persian
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- جوانjavânyoung; youth (noun-adjective)
- جوانمردیjavânmardichivalric generosity
- جوانیjavâniyouth
- جورjurtype; sort; kind; way; اینجور = like this; اونجور = like that; چه جوری = in what way (colloquial)
- جوریjuriin a way; جوری که = in the way that (colloquial connective)
- جوش آوردنjush âvordanto boil over with anger
- جوشیدنjushidanto boil, come to a boil
- جونjundear (spoken, =jân)
- جویjuygutter stream, irrigation channel
- جیر جیرjir jirsqueak
- جیغjighscream; shriek; جیغ زدن = to scream; جیغ کشیدن = to let out a shriek
- جیگرjigarhot, attractive (slang)
- جیگرتو بخورمjigareto bokhoramI love you so much (lit. "I'll eat your liver")
- چادرchâdorchador (cloak)
- چادر زدنchâdar zadanto pitch a tent; to set up camp
- چارهchâresolution; remedy; recourse; option; چارهای نیست = there's no option; چاره کار = the solution to the problem
- چاشنیchâshniseasoning, condiment
- چاقوchâquknife
- چانه زدنchune zadanto haggle, bargain
- چاهchâhwell (for water)
- چپchapleft
- چراcherâwhy; yes (in contradiction)
- چراغcherâghlight, lamp
- چراغ راهنماcherâgh-e râhnamâindicator light; turn signal (on a vehicle)
- چراگاهcharâgâhpasture; grazing land
- چرخ ریسندگیcharkh-e rishandegispinning wheel; device for spinning thread
- چرخ گوشتcharkh-gushtmeat grinder, mincer
- چرخه آبcharkhe-ye âbwater cycle; hydrological cycle
- چرخیدنcharkhidanto turn / spin / revolve
- چرمگریcharm-garileatherwork; leather crafting
- چسبchasbglue, tape, adhesive
- چسب زخمchasb-e zakhmadhesive bandage, plaster
- چسنالهchesnalePetty whining / fake complaining
- چشمcheshmeye
- چشماندازcheshmandâzlandscape; vista; outlook
- چشمبهراهcheshm-be-râhwaiting expectantly / eyes on the road
- چشم پزشکcheshmpezeshkeye doctor, ophthalmologist
- چشم دوختنcheshm dukhtanto stare at / have eyes on (something coveted)
- چشم روشنیcheshm-roshanigift on good news
- چشمک زدنcheshmak zadanto wink; to wink one eye at someone
- چشمم آب نشدcheshm-am âb nashodmy eye didn't melt (I'm not impressed)
- چشمم در آمدcheshmam dar âmadmy eye fell out (shocked)
- چشمهcheshmespring, water source
- چشموگوش بازcheshm-o-gush-bâzopen-eyed / worldly / experienced
- چطورchetourhow; what's up; how about
- چکاوکchakâvaklark (bird); skylark
- چکشchakkoshhammer
- چلچلهchelchelebarn swallow; martin (bird)
- چلهchele40-day cycle, winter solstice
- چنارchenârplane tree, sycamore
- چندchanda few / several / how many
- چندبرابرchand-barâbarseveral times more; manifold
- چندتاchand tâa few (countable)
- چندینchandinseveral
- چنگchangchang (Persian harp)
- چنگالchangâlfork
- چهارchahârfour
- چهارراهchahârrahcrossroads, four-way junction
- چهارشنبهسوریchaharshanbe-surifire-jumping festival
- چهارگاهchahârgâhchahargah (a Persian dastgah/mode)
- چهجوریche-jurihow?; in what way?; چهجوری شد؟ = how did it happen?; چهجوری بگم؟ = how should I say it? (colloquial for چطور)
- چهلمchehelomfortieth-day memorial
- چوبchubwood
- چوپانchopanshepherd
- چونchonbecause
- چونکهchunkebecause (because-that)
- چیchiwhat (colloquial form of چه)
- چیدنchidanto arrange / pick / harvest
- چیزchizthing; object; stuff; matter
- چیکارchikârwhat to do (colloquial form of چه کار); چیکار کنم؟ = what should I do?
- چیهchiyewhat is (spoken, =chist)
- حافظیهhâfeziyeHafez's tomb (Shiraz)
- حدیث نجفیhadis-najafiHadis Najafi, killed Shahriar 23 Sep 2022, age 22
- حفظ کردنhefz kardanto memorize
- حوضخانهhozkhanepond house, indoor pool room
- حولهhowletowel
- خاج کشیدنkhaj-keshidanto pull back ostentatiously, milk reluctance
- خارkhârthorn, thistle
- خارشkhâreshitch, itching
- خاکkhaksoil; earth
- خاکاندازkhâk-andâzdustpan
- خاک به سرمkhâk be saramdirt on my head (oh no!)
- خاکسپاریkhâksepâriburial
- خاکستریkhakestarigray
- خالهkhalematernal aunt
- خامkhâmraw; uncooked; naïve; inexperienced
- خاموشkhâmushsilent; off; switched off; extinguished; خاموش کردن = to turn off / to silence; خاموش شدن = to go silent / to turn off
- خاموش و روشنkhâmush va rowshanturn off and on; restart device
- خانهkhānehouse, home
- خانهسازیkhâne-sâzihouse-building; residential construction
- خانوادهkhânevâdefamily
- خاورانkhâvarânKhavaran (mass-grave site, Tehran)
- خبkhobwell; okay; right (discourse filler)
- خبرگزاریkhabar-gozarinews agency
- خبرنگارkhabarnegarjournalist
- خداkhodaGod
- خداداد لجعیkhodanur-lojeiKhodanur Lojei, killed Zahedan Bloody Friday 30 Sep 2022
- خداوندkhodâvandGod; the Lord; the Almighty (more formal/literary than خدا); خداوند متعال = God Most High; خداوند رحیم = the merciful Lord
- خر تو خرkhar tu khardonkey on donkey (chaos)
- خرچنگkharchangcrab; crayfish