Words cross borders like travelers over a bridge. Persian took مرسی from French; English took “bazaar” and “paradise” from Persian. Watch them make the crossing.
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of 23 borrowed words gathered here. Send a word across the bridge and it joins your count.
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مرسیPersian
merci→مرسی
Borrowed straight from French. You will hear it everywhere, right beside the more formal متشکرم.
واژههایی که وارد فارسی شدند Words that came into Persian
Iran’s long ties with France, and later the world, left everyday Persian full of familiar guests. France gave the most, so many of them still carry a French accent. Tap any word to send it across the bridge, and it joins your count.
pyjamas
پاجامه
Every borrowed word has two faces. These are the ones Persian gave away.
واژههایی که فارسی به جهان داد Words Persian gave the world
These reached English by many roads, through Arabic, Turkish, French and trade, but each one carries a Persian root. Tap to send it back the other way, and hear the original.
راهِ دراز The long road
Some words did not cross a single bridge. They traveled for centuries, changing shape in every language that took them in. Pick one and follow it home.
Old Persian
pairidaēza
a walled garden
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Greek
parádeisos
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Latin
paradīsus
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Old French
paradis
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English
paradise
And so a Persian walled garden became the English word for heaven itself.
Spot the traveler
Every word here is a borrowing. Can you name the language it came from?
Persian With El◆Tabriz → Milano