Persian / English Dictionary

Search and Hear the Persian Dictionary

Chai and Conversation Members can search the dictionary by English or by Persian (Farsi), and hear each of the words spoken by our host, Leyla!

Try Membership Free for 30 Days

Or, learn more about becoming a Chai and Conversation member.

Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
yavāshtar, lotfan.	Slower, please.	یَواش‌تَر لُطفاً.	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
yavāsh yavāsh pāsheem	Slowly slowly start going	یواش یواش پاشیم	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
yāzdah	11	یازدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
yé	a (one)	یِه	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yé āsemoon bebāré	will rain down a sky full of tears	یه آسمون بباوه	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
yé dagheeghé khodet-ō bezār jāyé een badbakht-ā!	put yourself in the shoes of these poor people!	یِه دَقیقِه خودِتًو بِذار جایِ این بَدبَختا!	A Separation, Part 5
yek	one	یِک	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
yek	1	یِک	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yek	a	یک	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
yé kalamé deegé harf nemeezané!	he can't even say one word anymore!	یِه کَلَمِه دیگِه حَرف نِمی‌زَنِه!	A Separation, Part 5
yek barādar	one brother	یِک بَرادَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yek daftar	a notebook	یک دفتر	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
yek dokhtar	one daughter	یِک دُختَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yé khāhar	a sister/one sister	یِه خواهَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yek kam seft-tar bebandeen az fardā lotfan ké... natooné bāz koné	please close it a bit tighter tomorrow so that…he can't open it	یِه کَم سِفتتَر بِبَندین اَز فَردا لُطفاً کِه… نَتونِه باز کُنِه	A Separation, Part 2
yek lahzé	One moment	یِک لَحظِه	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
yek lahzé sabr kon	Wait a minute	یِک لَحظِه صَبرکُن	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
yek pesar	one son	یِک پِسَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yeksar	immediately	یِکسَر	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
yek sar	immediately	یِک سَر	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6

Subscribe