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Directions in Farsi – North South East West Left Right
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

It has been a long time since I made a Learn Farsi post. Following is a list of directions  in Farsi

Direction Farsi
Pronunciation
North Shomal ‘Sho ‘mal
South Jonoob ‘Jo ‘noob
East Shargh ‘Shargh
West Gharb ‘Gharb
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Left Chap ‘Chap
Right Rust ‘rust
Up Baalaa ‘Baa ‘Laa
Down Paaeen ‘Paa ‘een

Farsi (Iranian) Months
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

It has been a long time since I made a Learn Farsi post. Following are months of the Iranian calendar in Farsi:

Iranian calendar is an astronomical solar calendar and and one of the longest chronological records in history. The first day of the year is the first day of Spring (approximately March 21st of each year). For that reason, Iranian months don’t exactly correspond to different months in Gregorian calendar.

The corresponding days are estimates and not very accurate. Following are some good resources:

Month Iranian Months Farsi Pronunciation
1 (Mar 21 – Apr 21) Farvardin ‘far ‘var ‘din
2 (Apr 21 – May 21) Ordibehesht ‘or ‘di ‘be ‘hesht
3 (May 21 – Jun 21) Khordad ‘khor ‘dud
4 (Jun 21 – Jul 21) Tir ‘tir
5 (Jul 21 – Aug 21) Mordad ‘mor ‘dad
6 (Aug 21 – Oct 21) Shahrivar ’shah ‘ri ‘var
7 (Seo 21 – Oct 21) Mehr ‘mehr
8 (Oct 21 – Nov 21) Aban ‘au ‘bun
9 (Nov 21 – Dec 21) Azar ‘au ‘zar
10 (Dec 21 – Jan 21) Dey ‘dey
11(Jan 21 – Feb 21) Bahman ‘bah’man
12 (Feb 21 – Mar 21) Esfand ‘es ‘fand

Farsi Playing Cards
Monday, November 19th, 2007

Here are Playing Cards in Farsi:

Picture English Farsi Pronunciation
Spades ‘peek
Clubs ‘Khaaj (or) ‘Ghish-neez
Hearts ‘Del
Diamonds ‘khesht
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Ace ‘aus
Jack ’sar-baaz
Queen ‘Bi-bi
King ‘Shaah

The rest of the numbers are the same as counting numbers.


Farsi Fruits – English Translation
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Here are Fruits Translated to Farsi:

English Farsi Translation Farsi Pronunciation
Apple Seeb ‘Seeb
Orange Porteghaal ‘Por-te-ghaal
Grape Angoor ‘An-Goor
Strawberry Toot Farangee ‘toot fa-ran-gee
Watermelon Hendooneh ‘hen-doo-neh
Banana Moz ‘moz
Cantalope Golaabi ‘go-la’a-bi
Peach Holoo ‘ho-loo
Kiwi kiwi ‘kiwi
Persimmon Khormaaloo ‘khor-ma’a-loo
Dates Khormaa ‘khor-ma’a

Farsi Colors – English Translation
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Here are Colors in Farsi:

English Farsi Translation Farsi Pronunciation
Red Ghermez ‘Ghermez
Orange Na’arenji ‘Na’a-ren-ji
Yellow Zard ‘zard
Green Sabz ‘Sabz
Blue A’abi ‘A’a-bi
Purple Banafsh ‘ba-nafsh
Brown Ghahvei ‘Ghah ve i
Black Siah ‘Si-a’ah
White Sefeed ‘Se-feed