Word type
Cultural Concept
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- سردارsardârcommander / general
- سفالگریsefâl-gariceramics; pottery making with fired clay
- سفرهsofrehceremonial cloth-spread
- سفره یکبار مصرفsofre-ye yak-bâr-masrafdisposable tablecloth; single-use sofreh for picnics
- سلمانیsalmânibarber; barbershop
- سنگ زیرینsang-e zirincornerstone / foundation stone
- سوزندوزیsuzan-duziembroidery; needlework
- سوغاتsoghâtsouvenir, gift brought back from a trip
- سینمای نوینcinema-ye-novinIranian New Wave cinema
- سینی چایsini-ye châytea tray; serving tray for tea glasses
- شاهینshâhinperegrine falcon; shaheen falcon
- شبکه اجتماعیshabakeh-ye ejtemâisocial network
- شبنشینیshab-neshinievening visit
- شطرنجshatranjchess
- شلیتهshalitehtraditional skirt (regional folk costume)
- شهرستانshahrestâncounty; district (Iranian administrative division below province)
- شیرین بیانshirin bayânliquorice root; licorice
- صبرsabrpatience; forbearance
- صنایع دستیsanâye-e dastihandicrafts; traditional arts and crafts (general term)
- عرقچینaraq-chintraditional Persian skullcap
- عزاazâmourning
- عزادارazâdârmourner, bereaved
- عودudoud (Middle Eastern lute)
- غفلتghaflatnegligence; heedlessness; forgetting one's duty
- غیرتgheyrathonor, protective zeal
- فال حافظfâl-e hâfezdivination by Hafez
- فدای شماfadâ-ye shomâI'd sacrifice myself for you; extreme taarof expression of devotion
- فنجانfenjâncup (tea or coffee)
- قابل نداردghâbel nadâreit's not worthy (taarof dismissal when offering a gift or service)
- قاچاقqâchâqsmuggling; contraband; black-market trade
- قاچاقچیqâchâqchismuggler; trafficker
- قبرqabrgrave
- قربانت برومqorbânat berammay I be sacrificed for you (intimate taarof; term of endearment)
- قربان شماqorbân-e shomâI am your humble servant; ultra-polite taarof expression of deference
- قزقانghazghânlarge cooking cauldron; traditional big pot (for celebrations)
- قسمتqesmatfate, share
- قلمکاریqalam-kâriblock printing on fabric; traditional Persian textile print
- قناتqanâtqanat (underground aqueduct)
- قندشکنqand-shekansugar tongs; sugar cube cracker (used with Persian tea)
- قهرمانqahremânchampion / hero
- کاراتهkârâtehkarate
- کاروانسراkârvânsarâcaravanserai, roadside inn
- کبابپزkabâb-pazkebab grill; electric or stovetop kebab maker
- کبوتربازیkabutar-bâzipigeon keeping; traditional hobby of flying pigeons (Tehran rooftop culture)
- کدخداkadkhodâvillage elder; headman; community mediator (colloquial: go-between in disputes or matchmaking)
- کشتی پهلوانیkoshti-pahlevaniPersian traditional wrestling
- کفنkafanburial shroud
- کنکورkonkoruniversity entrance exam (Iran)
- گربه وحشیgorbe-ye vahshiwildcat; feral cat
- گردشگریgardeshgaritourism
- گروه خانوادگیgoruh-e khânevâdegifamily group chat (WhatsApp/Telegram family group — a cultural institution)
- گل داوودیgol-e davudichrysanthemum
- گلدوزیgol-duzifloral embroidery; sewing flower motifs onto fabric
- گل سرخgol-e sorkhrose (red flower)
- گل مریمgol-e maryamtuberose (Polianthes tuberosa)
- گورgurgrave (native word)
- گورستانgurestâncemetery
- گوشهgushemusical motif within a dastgah
- لالهlâletulip
- لباس محلیlebâs-e mahalitraditional / local costume
- لوطیlutigentleman-rogue
- مانتوmântomanteau (women's over-garment, Iran)
- ماهورmâhurmahur (a bright-sounding Persian dastgah)
- ماهی سفیدmâhi-ye sefidCaspian white fish (kutum); a prized Iranian fish
- ماهی قرمزmâhi-ye ghermezgoldfish (esp. the Nowruz goldfish)
- محرمmahramintimate confidant
- محیط زیستmohit-e zistthe environment
- مزارmazârshrine, grave site
- مسابقهmosâbeqehcompetition / match
- مسافرخانهmosâferkhânecheap guesthouse, traveler's inn
- مسجد جامعmasjed-e jâme'congregational mosque; Friday mosque
- مشاوره درسیmoshâvareh-ye darsiacademic counseling
- مصلحتmaslahatexpediency / public interest
- معرفتma-refatwisdom, character
- مقنعهmaghna'emaghnaeh (school veil)
- مکتبmaktabschool of thought; Islamic religious school
- ملتmellatnation / people
- مهریهmehriehbride-price
- مهماننوازیmehmân-navâziguest-cherishing hospitality
- موفق باشیدmovaffagh bâshidgood luck; may you be successful
- میراثmirâsheritage; legacy; inheritance
- میلادیmilâdiGregorian (CE) calendar
- میناکاریminâ-kârienamelling; Persian enamel-work on copper or silver
- ناتنیnâtanistep-, half- (not blood)
- ناقابلnâqâbelunworthy (self-deprecating phrase when giving gifts)
- نامحرمnâmahramnon-intimate (gendered)
- ناموسnâmushonor as protection of family
- ناموسپرستیnamus-parastihonor-zealotry (the cultural pattern)
- نخبازیnakh-bâzistring games; cat's cradle (children's thread games)
- نسترنnastaranmusk rose; wild rose
- نظراتnazarâtcomments; views; opinions (plural — used for comment sections)
- نقالnaqqâlstoryteller; oral narrator
- نوشداروnush-dâruantidote / cure (lit. sweet medicine)
- هجری شمسیhejri-ye shamsiSolar Hijri calendar
- هجری قمریhejri-ye qamariLunar Hijri calendar
- هدهدhodhodhoopoe bird; symbolic bird of wisdom in Sufi poetry
- هنر مدرسهhonar-e madraseart class (school subject)
- هنر هفتhonar-e haftthe seventh art (cinema)
- هیئت مذهبیhey'at-e mazhabireligious mourning group; heyat
- هیجانhayajânexcitement / thrill