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[From “The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa‘di,” trans. Wheeler M. Thackston (Bethseda, MY: Ibex Publishers, 2008).] |
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The Persian Vocabulary of the Gulistan |
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نا |
nā
non-, un- |
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نابکاری |
nā-bekārī
uselessness |
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ناپسند |
nā-pasand
displeasing |
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ناچار |
nāchār
helpless, with no alternative |
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ناحیه ، نواحی |
nāhiye, navāhī
territory |
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ناخن |
nākhon
fingernail |
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نادر |
nāder
rare |
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نادر الحسن |
nāder-ol-hosn
of rare beauty |
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نادره ، نوادر |
nādere, navāder
anecdote |
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ناز |
nāz
luxury, ease; coquetry |
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نازیدن |
nāzīdan
to be coquettish |
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ناز کردن بر |
nāz kardan bar
to be coquettish with |
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نازنین |
nāzanīn
precious, dear |
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نازک |
nāzok
delicate, refined |
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نازک اندام |
nāzok-andām
slender |
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نازل |
nāzel
demoted |
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ناصح |
nāseh
advisor |
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ناصیه |
nāsiye
forelock, forehead |
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ناظر |
nāzer
onlooker, viewer |
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ناف |
nāf
navel |
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نافر |
nāfer
negative, rejecting |
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ناقص |
nāqes
deficient, defective |
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ناقص عقل |
nāqes-ʿaql
foolish |
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نال |
nāl
reed |
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نالش |
nālesh
plaint, moaning |
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نالیدن |
nālīdan
to moan, groan |
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نام |
nām
name |
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نامور |
nāmvar
renowned, famous |
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ناموس |
nāmūs
honor |
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نامه |
nāme
letter, book |
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نان |
nān
bread, loaf of bread |
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نای |
nāy
reed, flute; throat |
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نبات |
nabāt
plant; crystallized sugar |
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نبشتن (نویس ـ |
nebeshtan (nevīs-)
to write |
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نبض |
nabz
pulse |
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نبوت |
nobovvat
prophecy |
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نبی ، انبیا |
nabī, anbiyā
prophet |
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نثار |
nesār
gift, present |
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نجم |
najm
star |
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نحو |
nahv
grammar |
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نحوی |
nahvī
grammarian |
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نخست |
nokhost
first |
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نخستین |
nokhostīn
first, prime |
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نخل |
nakhl
palm |
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نخلبندی |
nakhlbandī
making ornaments from wax or paper |
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ندا |
nedā
cry, announcement |
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ندامت |
nedāmat
repentance |
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ندیم ، ندما |
nadīm, nodamā
boon companion |
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نذر |
nazr
vow, pledge |
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نرم |
narm
soft |
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نرمی |
narmī
softness, gentleness |
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مزاع |
nezāʿ
contention, dispute |
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نزاع کردن |
nezāʿ kardan
to dispute, fight |
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نزدِ |
nazd-e
next to, close to |
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نزدیک |
nazdīk
close |
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بنزدیکِ |
be-nazdīk-e
in the opinion of |
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نزع |
nazʿ
the throes of death |
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نزول |
nozūl
revelation |
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نزهت |
nozhat
diversion |
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نسب |
nasab
lineage |
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نسق |
nasaq
manner |
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نسل |
nasl
race |
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نسیج |
nasīj
brocade |
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نسرین |
nasrīn
lily |
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نشاط |
neshāt
light-heartedness |
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نشان |
neshān
sign, trace |
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نشاندن (نشان ـ |
neshāndan (neshān-)
to seat; to quench (fire); to quell (a rebellion) |
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نشانه |
neshāne
aim |
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نشانه کردن |
neshān kardan
to take aim |
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نشستن (نشین ـ |
neshastan (neshīn-)
to sit, dwell |
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نشیمن |
neshīman
chamber |
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نصب کردن |
nasb kardan
to appoint, install; to affix |
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نصرانی |
nasrānī
Nazarene, Christian |
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نصیحت |
nasīhat
advice |
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نصیحتگر |
nasīhatgar
advisor |
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نطفه |
notfe
seed, sperm |
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نطق |
notq
power of speech |
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نظر |
nazar
sight, view |
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نظر کردن در |
nazar kardan dar
to look at |
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نظیر |
nazīr
equal, peer |
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بی نظیر |
bī-nazīr
unequaled, peerless |
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نظیف |
nazīf
clean |
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نعت |
naʿt
description |
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نعره |
naʿre
cry |
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نعره زدن |
naʿre zadan
to cry out |
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نعش |
naʿsh
bier, coffin |
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نعل |
naʿl
horseshoe |
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نعلِ دل در آتش |
naʿl-e del dar ātesh
ardently in love |
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نعلین |
naʿlayn
sandals |
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نعلبند |
naʿlband
horseshoe maker, blacksmith |
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نعمت |
neʿmat
bounty |
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نعیب |
naʿīb
cawing |
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نعیمِ دنیا |
naʿīm-e donyā
the good things of the world |
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نغز |
naghz
beautiful |
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نغمه |
naghme
tune, song |
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نفاق |
nefāq
hypocrisy |
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نفت |
naft
naphtha |
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نفت اندازی |
naft-andāzī
flame-throwing |
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نفرت |
nafrat
hatred, distaste |
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نفس ، انفاس |
nafas, anfās
breath, word |
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نفس زدن |
nafas zadan
to breathe, to speak |
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نفس |
nafs
self |
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نفس پرور |
nafs-parvar
egotistical, self-indulgent |
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نفع |
nafʿ
profit, benefit |
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نفقه |
nafaqe
expense |
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نفور |
nafūr
detestable |
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نفی کردن |
nafy kardan
to expel, exile |
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نفیس |
nafīs
precious |
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نقاش |
naqqāsh
artist, painter |
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نقب |
naqb
tunnel |
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نقد |
naqd
cash |
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نقش |
naqsh
pattern, design |
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نقص |
naqs
deficiency, criticism |
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نقصان |
noqsān
deficiency |
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نقض |
naqz
breaking (promise, oath) |
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نقل کردن |
naql kardan
to move |
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نکاح |
nekāh
marriage |
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نکبت |
nakbat
calamity |
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نکته |
nokte
anecdote |
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نکو |
nekū [= nīkū]
good, beautiful |
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نکوهیدن |
nekūhīdan
to criticize, blame |
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نگار |
negār
beauty |
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نگارین |
negārīn
beautiful |
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نگار کردن |
negār kardan
to write, draw |
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نگارخانه |
negār-khāne
portrait gallery |
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نگاهداشتن |
negāh-dāshtan
to watch for; to hold onto, keep |
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نگران |
negarān
worried |
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نگون |
negūn
upside down |
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نگون بخت |
negūn-bakht
unlucky |
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نگه |
negah
= نگاه |
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نگین |
negīn
jewel in a ring |
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نم |
nam
wet |
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نماز |
namāz
prayer [= صلاة] |
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نمد |
namad
felt |
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نمدزین |
namad-zīn
saddle cloth |
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نمط |
namat
manner |
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نمک |
namak
salt |
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نمکین |
namakīn
salty, nice |
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نمودن (نمای ـ |
namūdan (namāy-)
to appear (intransitive); to show (transitive) |
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نواختن (نوازـ |
navākhtan (navāz-)
to pet, caress, treat kindly |
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نوازش |
navāzesh
favor |
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نوبت |
naubat
time, turn |
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نوح |
nūh
Noah |
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نور |
nūr
light |
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نوروز |
naurūz
new year's day; vernal equinox |
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نوش |
nūsh
nourishment |
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نوشین |
nūshīn
sweet, palatable |
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نوشدارو |
nūshdārū
panacea |
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نوشیروان |
nūshīrvān
Anushirvan |
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نوع ، انواع |
nauʿ, anvāʿ
kind, sort |
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نومیدی |
naumīdī
hopelessness |
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نویسنده |
nevīsande
writer |
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نه |
na
no, not |
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نُه |
noh
nine |
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نهاد |
nehād
the depths of one's being |
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نهادن (نِه ـ |
nehādan (neh-)
to place, put; to store up, hoard |
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نهال |
nehāl
cushion |
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نهان |
nehān [= panhān]
hidden |
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نهایت |
nehāyat
extremity |
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نهفتن |
nehoftan
to hide |
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نهفته |
nehofte
hidden, concealed |
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نهنگ |
nahang
crocodile |
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نهی کردن |
nahy kardan
to forbid |
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نهیب |
nehīb
plunder |
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نی |
nay
reed, flute |
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نیین |
nayīn
made of reed |
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نیاز |
niyāz
need |
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نیازمند |
niyāzmand
needy |
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نیام |
niyām
scabbard |
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نیایش کردن |
niyāyesh kardan
to praise, extol |
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نیت |
niyyat
intention |
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نیرو |
nīrū
strength |
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نیز |
nīz
also, too |
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نیستی |
nīstī
nonexistence |
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نیش |
nīsh
sting |
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نیش خوردن |
nīsh khordan
to get stung |
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نیک |
nīk
very; [= nīkū] good, beautiful |
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نیک فرجام |
nīk-farjām
of good end |
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نیکخواه |
nīk-khāh
benevolent, well-wisher |
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نیکمنظر |
nīk-manzar
good-natured |
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نیکروز |
nīk-rūz
fortunate |
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نیکرو |
nīkū
good, beautiful |
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نیکونام |
nīkū-nām
of good repute |
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نیکوروش |
nīkū-ravesh
of good conduct |
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نیکوسیرت |
nīkū-sīrat
of good conduct |
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نیل |
nīl
the Nile; indigo, indigo blue |
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نیم |
nīm
half |
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نیمروز |
nīmrūz
noon, midday; Nimroz, area in southwestern Afghanistan |
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نیوشیدن |
niyūshīdan
to listen to |
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واثق بر |
vāseq bar
sure of |
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واجب |
vājeb
necessary |
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بواجب |
be-vājeb
appropriate |
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وادی |
vādī
valley |
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وارث |
vāres
heir |
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وارون |
vārūn
upside down |
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وارون بخت |
vārūn-bakht
unlucky, unfortunate |
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واسط |
vāset
Wasit, a town in southern Iraq |
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وافر |
vāfer
abundant |
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وافق |
vāfeq
confident |
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وافق گردانیدن |
vāfeq gardānīdan
to convince |
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واقعه |
vāqeʿe
event, occurrence, battle |
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واقعه دیده |
vāqeʿe-dīde
battle-scarred |
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واقف از |
vāqef az
aware of |
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وام |
vām
loan |
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وام دادن |
vām dādan
to lend |
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وجه |
vajh
reason; amount |
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وجهِ کفاف |
vajh-e kafāf
livelihood |
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وحش |
vahsh
wild beasts |
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وحشت |
vahshat
terror |
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وحشت گرفتن |
vahshat gereftan
to be terrified |
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وحل |
vahal
mud, mire |
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وجود |
vojūd
body; existence |
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با وجودِ |
bā vojūd-e
despite |
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وحید |
vahīd
alone |
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وداع کردن |
vedāʿ kardan
to bid farewell |
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ورد |
vard
roses |
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ورد ، اوراد |
verd, aurād
prayer, litany |
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ورزیدن |
varzīdan
to exercise, commit |
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ورق ، اوراق |
varaq, aurāq
leaf, page |
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وزن |
vazn
weight |
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وزیر |
vazīr
vizier, minister, advisor |
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وزیری |
vazīrī
vizierate |
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وسمه |
vasme
a dye for eyebrows |
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وسیلت |
vasīlat
recourse |
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وصال |
vesāl
union |
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وصف ، اوصاف |
vasf, ausāf
quality, description |
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وصل |
vasl
union |
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وصیت کردن |
vasiyyat kardan
to stipulate, make one's last will; to advise |
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وظیفه |
vazīfe
duty |
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وظیفه خوار |
vazīfe-khār
having a share |
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وعده |
vaʿde
promise |
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وعده دادن |
vaʿde dādan
to promise |
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وعظ |
vaʿz
admonition, preaching |
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وفا |
vafā
fidelity |
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وفا کردن |
vafā kardan
to be faithful; to make up for (something missed) |
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وفات |
vafāt
death |
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وفات یافتن |
vafāt yāftan
to die |
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وقاحت |
vaqāhat
shamelessness, brazenness |
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وقار |
vaqār
dignity |
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وقت ، اوقات |
vaqt, auqāt
time |
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بی وقت |
bī-vaqt
untimely, at the wrong time |
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وقف |
vaqf
endowment |
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وقوف |
voqūf
awareness |
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وقوف یافتن (بر) ـ |
voqūf yāftan (bar)
to become aware (of) |
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ولادت |
velādat
birth |
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ولع |
valaʿ
craving |
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ولی |
valī
friend; saint |
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ولی عهد |
valī-ʿahd
heir apparent |
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ولی نعمت |
valī-neʿmat
benefactor |
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ولیکن |
valīkan
but |
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وه |
vah
hey, wow, oh |
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وهم |
vahm
fear, apprehension |
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وی |
vay
he, she |
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هامان |
hāmān
Haman |
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هایل |
hāyel
terrifying |
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هجرت |
hejrat
the Hegira |
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هجیر |
hajīr
burning (sun) |
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هدف |
hadaf
target |
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هدی |
hady
oblation |
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هدیه |
hadiyye
gift |
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هراس |
harās
fear |
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هراسیدن از |
harāsīdan az
to fear |
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هرآینه |
har-āyine
necessarily, consequently |
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هرزه |
harze
nonsense |
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هرزه درای |
harze-derāy
babbler |
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هرزه گرد |
harze-gard
errant, stray |
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هرگز |
hargez
(+ neg.) never |
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هزار |
hezār
thousand |
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هزاردانه |
hezār-dāne
with a thousand beads |
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هزاردوست |
hezār-dūst
fickle |
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هزارپای |
hezār-pāy
centipede |
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هزل |
hazl
joke, jest |
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هستی |
hastī
existence, being |
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هشتن (هل ـ |
heshtan (hel-)
to let go; to leave behind |
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هشیار |
hoshyār
sober, intelligent |
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هفته |
hafte
week |
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هلاک |
halāk
perishing, death |
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همانا |
hamānā
as though, you'd say |
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همای |
homāy
fabulous bird whose shadow confers kingship |
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همایون |
homāyūn
royal, regal |
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همت |
hemmat
psychic ability, highmindedness |
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همخوابه |
ham-khābe
bed partner |
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همدرد |
hamdard
sympathetic |
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همدردی |
hamdardī
sympathy |
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همدم |
hamdam
confidant |
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همراه |
hamrāh
traveling companion, comrade |
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همراهی |
hamrāhī
along with, together with |
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همسایه |
hamsāye
neighbor |
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همسر |
hamsar
spouse |
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همطویله |
hamtavīle
stablemate |
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همعنان |
ham-ʿenān
comrade, traveling companion |
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همقدم |
hamqadam
comrade |
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همقفس |
hamqafas
cagemate, cellmate |
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همگنان |
hamgenān
everyone |
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همنشست |
hamneshast
companion |
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همنشین |
hamneshīn
companion, confidant |
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هموار |
hamvār
smooth, level |
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ناهموار |
nā-hamvār
crooked, deviant |
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هند |
hend
India |
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هندی |
hendī
Indian |
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هندو |
hendū
Indian |
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هنر |
honar
virtue, skill, craft |
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هنرپروری |
honar-parvarī
cultivation of virtue |
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هنرمند |
honarmand
virtuous, skillful |
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هنرنمای |
honar-nomāy
merit-displaying |
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هنرور |
honarvar
skilled, craftsman |
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بهنر |
be-honar
skilled |
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باهنر |
bā-honar
skilled |
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بیهنر |
bī-honar
useless |
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هنگام |
hangām
time |
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بی هنگام |
bī-hangām
untimely, at the wrong time |
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هنگفت |
hangoft
amazing |
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هنی |
hanī
happy, blessed |
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هوا |
havā
air, climate |
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هوس |
havas
passion, desire |
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هوس پختن |
havas pokhtan
to have whims |
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هوسباز |
havasbāz
fickle |
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هوش |
hūsh
consciousness, sobriety |
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هوشمند |
hūshmand
conscious, sober |
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هول |
haul
terror, fright; terrifying, horrifying |
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هولناک |
haulnāk
frightening |
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هوی |
havā
lust, desire |
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هوی پرست |
havā-parast
hedonist |
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هیأت |
hayʾat
appearance, form |
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هیبت |
haybat
awe |
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هیچ |
hīch
nothing |
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هیچکس |
hīchkas
(+ neg.) nobody |
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هیزم |
hīzom
kindling, firewood |
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هیزمکش |
hīzomkesh
woodcutter |
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هیولایی |
hayūlāī
physical, material |
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یاد |
yād
memory |
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یاد داشتن |
yād dāshtan
to remember |
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یار |
yār
friend, beloved, helper |
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یاری |
yārī
friendship, assistance |
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یاری کردن |
yārī kardan
to help, assist |
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یارا |
yārā
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یاس |
yaʾs
despair |
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یاسمن |
yāsaman
jasmine |
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یاسمن بوی |
yāsaman-būy
jasmine-scented |
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یافتن (یاب ـ |
yāftan (yāb-)
to find |
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یال |
yāl
mane |
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یا للعجب |
yā leʾl-ʿajab
how astonishing! |
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یاور |
yāvar
helper |
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یاوری |
yāvarī
assistance |
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یتیم |
yatīm
orphan |
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درِّ یتیم |
dorr-e yatīm
matchless pearl |
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یحیی |
yahyā
John the Baptist |
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یخ |
yakh
ice |
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یخ بستن |
yakh bastan
to freeze |
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یخ گرفتن |
yakh gereftan
to be covered by ice |
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یغما |
yaghmā
plunder; Yaghma, a town in Turkestan famed for the beauty of its idols |
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یغما کردن |
yaghmā kardan
to plunder |
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یقین |
yaqīn
certain |
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یکدیگر |
yekdīgar
one another |
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یکزبان |
yekzabān
in agreement |
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یکسان |
yeksān
alike, equal |
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یکسو |
yeksū
one side, aside |
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یگانه |
yegāne
unique |
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یمانی |
yamānī
Yemeni |
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یمن |
yaman
the Yemen |
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یُمن |
yomn
felicity, auspiciousness |
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یمین |
yamīn
oath |
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یوز |
yūz
leopard, cheetah |
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یوسف |
yūsof
Joseph |
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یوم ، ایام |
yaum, ayyām
day |
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یونان |
yūnān
Greece, Greeks |
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یونس |
yūnos
Jonah |
