Farsi Vocabulary

This page contains a table including the following: Farsi Vocabulary to help you with your Farsi vocabulary and expressions. Try to memorize the way they're used because they're very important in communication, and might be very helpful to convey your most important expressions. Make sure to check our Learn Farsi page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.

The following table contains important vocabulary about days, time, directions, and locations in Farsi as well as in English.

English	Farsi Vocabulary	Persian Script

Time
Sunday	ye shanbe	يه شنبه
Monday	do shanbe	دوشنبه
Tuesday	se shanbe	سه شنبه
Wednesday	chaaR shanbe	چارشنبه
Thursday	panshanbe	پنشنبه
Friday	jom'e	جمعه
Saturday	shanbe	شنبه
Yesterday	deeRooz	ديروز
Today	emRooz	امروز
Tomorrow	faRdaa	فردا
Day	Rooz	روز
Night	shab	شب
Week	haftey	هفته
Month	maa	ماه
Year	saal	سال
Second	saaneeye	ثانيه
Minute	daqeeqe	دقيقه
Hour	saa'at	ساعت
Morning	sob	صب
Evening	'asR	عصر
Noon	zoR	ظهر
Afternoon	ba'ad az zoR	بعد از ظهر
Midnight	nisfey shab	نصفه شب
Now	haalaa	حالا
Later	ba'dan	بعداً

The following table contains important Farsi Vocabulary about directions that you might use when lost.

English	Farsi Expressions	Persian Script

Directions
Above / Over	Roo	رو
After / Past	ba'ad az	بعد از
Back / Behind	'aqab	عقب
In front of / Forward	jelowey / jelo	جلوه / جلو
Before	qabl az	قبل از
Between	meeyoon	ميون
Coordinates	muKhtasaat	مختصات
Degrees	zaaveeye	زاويه
Down	paayeen	پايين
East	shaRq	شرق
Far	dooR	دور
Longitude	toole jughRaafeeyaayee	طوله جغرافيايی
Left	chap	چپ
Latitude	aRzey jughRaafeeyaayee	عرضه جغرافيايی
My position is ___.	moz'am ___ e / moz'e ___ man	موضعم ___ اِ / موضع ___ من
Near	nazdeek	نزديک
North	shomaal	شمال
Northeast	shomaaley shaRqee	شماله شرقی
Northwest	shomaaley ghaRbee	شماله غربی
Right	Raast	راست
South	joonoob	جنوب
Southeast	joonoobey shaRqee	جنوبه شرقی
Southwest	joonoobey ghaRbee	جنوبه غربی
Straight ahead.	mostaqeem	مستقيم
Under	zeeR	زير
Up	baalaa	بالا
West	ghaRb	غرب
Before / In front of / Forward	peesh az / jelowey / jelo	پيش از / جلوه / جلو

Above	baalaa	بالا
Over	Roo	رو
Back	posht	پشت
Behind	'aqab	عقب
In front of	jelowey	جلوه

Locations
Beach	saahel	ساحل
Border	maRz	مرز
Bridge	pol	پل
Camp	oRdoogaa	اردوگاه
Dirt road	jaadey Khaakee	جاده خاکی
Forest	jangal	جنگل
Harbor	bandaR	بندر
Hill	tapey	تپه
House	manzil / Khooney	منزل / خونه
Lake	daRyaachey	درياچه
Meadow	maRta'	مرتع
Mountain	kooh	کوه
Ocean	oqeeyaanoos	اوقيانوس
Path	Raah	راه
Paved road	jaade ye esfaalte	جاده ی اسفالته
Place	jaa	جا
Position	moze'	موضع
River	RoodKhooney	رودخونه
Road	Raah	راه
Sea	daRyaa	دريا
Square	meydoon	ميدون
Tree	deRaKht	درخت
Valley	daRey	دره
Village	deh	ده
Where?	kujaa?	کجا؟

I hope the content of this page was useful to you, and that you learned some Farsi Vocabulary, to strengthen your vocabulary and expressions skills. Try to memorize them to be able to use them in your daily conversation. Make sure to check our Learn Farsi page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.