Farsi Dictionary
A list of all the Farsi words in A Thousand Splendid Suns in alphabetical order.
Aftawa: feel
Ahmaq: fool
Aishee: water
Akbar : bigger
Akhund: persian name for a shia Muslim cleric
Alaykums: a greeting
Alef: Hebrew letter
Alhamdulellah: All praise and thanks to God
Allah: God
Allah-u-akbar: God is the greatest
Almari: Closet
Ambagh: the relation between you and the other woman your husband married
Aneh: strange
Anis: bird
Arbab: boss/master
Aroos: daughter in law
Aush: Afghan chili
Aushak: pasta dumplings filled with scallion, tomato sauce, topped with yogurt and dried mint
Awal numra : certificate given yearly to the top ranked student in each grade
Ayat: evidence/sign
Azan: Islamic call to prayer
Babaloo: prayers spoken by the family, generally by the head of the house
Bacha: baby boy
Badar: Full moon
Badmash: naughty
Balay: House
Bas: “That’s enough.”
Bebakhsh: I’m sorry
Beh: symbol in farsi
Biwa: a widow
Borani: Persian appetizer made with yogurt
Bov: shoulders
Buzkashi: Goat-dragging
Chai: black tea mixed with Indian spices
Chaman: the capital of Qilla Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Chapan: coat worn over clothes
Chapli: slipper/ sandal
Chelo kebab: national dish of Iran
Chup ko: Shut up
Da ze ma ziba watan: This is our beautiful land
De ze ma dada watan: This is our beloved land
Daal: bread/food
Degeh: “What else?”
Dehati: village girl
Deltoid: triangular
Didi: sister
Dil: heart
Dishlemeh: small cup of tea with a sugar cube on the saucer
Diwana: crazy
Dogh: yogurt drink
Dohol: a large cylindrical drum with two skin heads
Dokhtar e jawan: young girl
Dokhtar Jo: dear daughter
Dootar: daughter
Dozd: theif
Eid Mubarak: greeting used for Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr and said after the Eid prayer
Espandi: expand
Fahmidi: “You don’t understand.”
Fatiha: funeral
Gaaz: Piece of shit
Gap Bezan: talk
Gari: carriage/ horse-drawn cart
Ghazals; a form of Hindu poetry that fits well with classical music
Gul: flower
Halwa: dense sweet confections
Hamam: bath house
Hamshira: sister
Hamshireh: sister
Hamwatan: brother
Harami: bastard
Hijab: head covering normally worn by Muslim women
Ho Bacha: bad boy
Iftar: a meal that breaks the fast of Ramadan
Ikhlas: sincerity
Inqilabi: revolution
Inshallah: God willing
Ittifaq-i Islam: a liberal-democratic party of Muslims in Russian empire
Jan: dear
Jelabi: dessert/ sweet
Jihad: war, struggle
Jinn: supernatural creatures in Islamic mythology
Jo: dear
Kafir: a person who is not Muslim
Kenarab: shit hole
Khala: aunt
Khar: donkey
Khastegar: suitor
Khila: half-wit
Khodaya: “Oh God”
Khosh Shodi: “Are you happy now?”
Kichiri: rice
Kinchini: whore
Kofr: sacrilege
Kofta: type of food
Kolba: hut, dwelling, small/crude shelter
La Illuh u ilillah: There is no deity but God.
Lagaan: tribute
Logari: style of music
Lotfan: please
Loya: grand assembly
Mahram: close male relative
Malika: queen
Mashallah: arabiac phrase used to express respect, appreciation, joy, praise, or thankfulness
Mastawa: famous dish from Iran
Matryoshka: each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another
Meem: symbol in farsi
Mehaman: guest
Moalim: teacher
Moochi: show repairman
Mozahem: a bother, as if intruding
Mubarak: blessed
Na fahmidi: Did you understand?
Namaz: Prayers of Islam performed five times every day.
Namoos: pride
Nang: honor
Nau socha: good as new
Nay: No
Nikka: wedding ceremony
Noor: nickname meaning “light”
Pajalusta: “You’re welcome.”
Pakol: soft, round-topped men’s wool hat
Panjpar: card game
Pari: a stunner/ beautiful girl
Pashtunwali: code of conduct and honor
Tumban: escaped slave
Poostin: coat with a fur collar
Qanoon: law
Qurma: chicken usually found in stew
Reh: symbol in farsi
Risha: roots; in relation to family roots
Rubab: A lute-like musical instrument from Afghanistan
Sabzi challow: White rice with lamb and spinach
Salaam: “peace”,often used as a greeting
Sahib: boss
Saratan: cancer
Shaheed: a Muslim martyr
Shalqam: stew with turnip, spinach sabzi, cauliflower with ginger
Sharab: wine, or other alcoholic drink
Shari’a: the civil law based upon the teachings of Islam; there are no specific “laws” but a system of laws based upon the religious book the Koran
Shokr e Khoda: praying to your god for good fortune
Shorwa: broth
Sofrah: table cloth put on floor to eat
Sujda: prayer stance
Surrah: a soft twilled silk fabric used in dressmaking
Tabreek: congratulations
Tahamul: to endure
Tambouras:
Tasbeh: a form of dhikr that involves the repetitive utterances of short sentences glorifying God, in Islam
Tashakor: thank you
Tofangdar: riflemen
Tumbans: Traditional dress and pants
Wah wah: admirable, bravo
Wallah: a person connected with a particular thing or function
Wallah o billah: never a moments rest
Wahshis: savages
Watan: Native country, home
Ya: symbol in farsi
Yaklenga: cripple
Zahmat: trouble
Ahmaq: fool
Aishee: water
Akbar : bigger
Akhund: persian name for a shia Muslim cleric
Alaykums: a greeting
Alef: Hebrew letter
Alhamdulellah: All praise and thanks to God
Allah: God
Allah-u-akbar: God is the greatest
Almari: Closet
Ambagh: the relation between you and the other woman your husband married
Aneh: strange
Anis: bird
Arbab: boss/master
Aroos: daughter in law
Aush: Afghan chili
Aushak: pasta dumplings filled with scallion, tomato sauce, topped with yogurt and dried mint
Awal numra : certificate given yearly to the top ranked student in each grade
Ayat: evidence/sign
Azan: Islamic call to prayer
Babaloo: prayers spoken by the family, generally by the head of the house
Bacha: baby boy
Badar: Full moon
Badmash: naughty
Balay: House
Bas: “That’s enough.”
Bebakhsh: I’m sorry
Beh: symbol in farsi
Biwa: a widow
Borani: Persian appetizer made with yogurt
Bov: shoulders
Buzkashi: Goat-dragging
Chai: black tea mixed with Indian spices
Chaman: the capital of Qilla Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Chapan: coat worn over clothes
Chapli: slipper/ sandal
Chelo kebab: national dish of Iran
Chup ko: Shut up
Da ze ma ziba watan: This is our beautiful land
De ze ma dada watan: This is our beloved land
Daal: bread/food
Degeh: “What else?”
Dehati: village girl
Deltoid: triangular
Didi: sister
Dil: heart
Dishlemeh: small cup of tea with a sugar cube on the saucer
Diwana: crazy
Dogh: yogurt drink
Dohol: a large cylindrical drum with two skin heads
Dokhtar e jawan: young girl
Dokhtar Jo: dear daughter
Dootar: daughter
Dozd: theif
Eid Mubarak: greeting used for Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr and said after the Eid prayer
Espandi: expand
Fahmidi: “You don’t understand.”
Fatiha: funeral
Gaaz: Piece of shit
Gap Bezan: talk
Gari: carriage/ horse-drawn cart
Ghazals; a form of Hindu poetry that fits well with classical music
Gul: flower
Halwa: dense sweet confections
Hamam: bath house
Hamshira: sister
Hamshireh: sister
Hamwatan: brother
Harami: bastard
Hijab: head covering normally worn by Muslim women
Ho Bacha: bad boy
Iftar: a meal that breaks the fast of Ramadan
Ikhlas: sincerity
Inqilabi: revolution
Inshallah: God willing
Ittifaq-i Islam: a liberal-democratic party of Muslims in Russian empire
Jan: dear
Jelabi: dessert/ sweet
Jihad: war, struggle
Jinn: supernatural creatures in Islamic mythology
Jo: dear
Kafir: a person who is not Muslim
Kenarab: shit hole
Khala: aunt
Khar: donkey
Khastegar: suitor
Khila: half-wit
Khodaya: “Oh God”
Khosh Shodi: “Are you happy now?”
Kichiri: rice
Kinchini: whore
Kofr: sacrilege
Kofta: type of food
Kolba: hut, dwelling, small/crude shelter
La Illuh u ilillah: There is no deity but God.
Lagaan: tribute
Logari: style of music
Lotfan: please
Loya: grand assembly
Mahram: close male relative
Malika: queen
Mashallah: arabiac phrase used to express respect, appreciation, joy, praise, or thankfulness
Mastawa: famous dish from Iran
Matryoshka: each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another
Meem: symbol in farsi
Mehaman: guest
Moalim: teacher
Moochi: show repairman
Mozahem: a bother, as if intruding
Mubarak: blessed
Na fahmidi: Did you understand?
Namaz: Prayers of Islam performed five times every day.
Namoos: pride
Nang: honor
Nau socha: good as new
Nay: No
Nikka: wedding ceremony
Noor: nickname meaning “light”
Pajalusta: “You’re welcome.”
Pakol: soft, round-topped men’s wool hat
Panjpar: card game
Pari: a stunner/ beautiful girl
Pashtunwali: code of conduct and honor
Tumban: escaped slave
Poostin: coat with a fur collar
Qanoon: law
Qurma: chicken usually found in stew
Reh: symbol in farsi
Risha: roots; in relation to family roots
Rubab: A lute-like musical instrument from Afghanistan
Sabzi challow: White rice with lamb and spinach
Salaam: “peace”,often used as a greeting
Sahib: boss
Saratan: cancer
Shaheed: a Muslim martyr
Shalqam: stew with turnip, spinach sabzi, cauliflower with ginger
Sharab: wine, or other alcoholic drink
Shari’a: the civil law based upon the teachings of Islam; there are no specific “laws” but a system of laws based upon the religious book the Koran
Shokr e Khoda: praying to your god for good fortune
Shorwa: broth
Sofrah: table cloth put on floor to eat
Sujda: prayer stance
Surrah: a soft twilled silk fabric used in dressmaking
Tabreek: congratulations
Tahamul: to endure
Tambouras:
Tasbeh: a form of dhikr that involves the repetitive utterances of short sentences glorifying God, in Islam
Tashakor: thank you
Tofangdar: riflemen
Tumbans: Traditional dress and pants
Wah wah: admirable, bravo
Wallah: a person connected with a particular thing or function
Wallah o billah: never a moments rest
Wahshis: savages
Watan: Native country, home
Ya: symbol in farsi
Yaklenga: cripple
Zahmat: trouble