من

From Middle Persian, from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû).


پا

(dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) (used only when followed by possessive suffixes) with

پی

used only when not followed by possessive suffixes


انگشت

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اَنگُشت • (angošt) (plural اَنگُشتها (angošt-hâ) or اَنگُشتان (angoštân))

اَنگُشت (canonical)
angošt (romanization)
اَنگُشتها (plural)
اَنگُشتان (plural)
انگشت (singular)
angošt (singular)
انگشتان، انگشتها (plural)
angoštấn, angošt-hấ (plural)
انگشتا (colloquial plural)
angoštấ (plural)
انگشت را (definite direct-object singular)
angošt râ (definite direct-object singular)
انگشت رو (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
angošto (definite direct-object singular)
انگشتان را، انگشتها را (definite direct-object plural)
angoštấn râ, angošt-hấ râ (definite direct-object plural)
انگشتا رو (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
angoštấ ro (definite direct-object plural)
انگشت (ezafe singular)
angošt-e (ezafe singular)
انگشتان، انگشتهای (ezafe plural)
angoštấn-e, angošt-hấ-ye (ezafe plural)
انگشتای (colloquial ezafe plural)
angoštấ-ye (ezafe plural)
انگشتی (definite relative singular)
انگشتی (indefinite singular stressed)
angošt-i (definite relative singular)
angošt-i (indefinite singular stressed)
انگشتانی، انگشتهایی (definite plural relative)
انگشتانی، انگشتهایی (indefinite plural stressed)
angoštấn-i, angošt-hấ-i (definite plural relative)
angoštấn-i, angošt-hấ-i (indefinite plural stressed)
انگشتایی (colloquial definite plural relative)
انگشتایی (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
angoštấi (definite plural relative)
angoštấi (indefinite plural stressed)
انگشتم (first-person possessive singular)
angoštam (first-person possessive singular)
انگشتهایم (first-person possessive singular)
angošt-hấyam (first-person possessive singular)
انگشتهام، انگشتام (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
angoštấm (first-person possessive singular)
انگشتت (possessive second-person singular)
angoštat (possessive second-person singular)
Term? (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
angoštet (possessive second-person singular)
انگشتهایت (possessive second-person singular)
angošt-hấyat (possessive second-person singular)
انگشتهات، انگشتات (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
angoštất (possessive second-person singular)
انگشتش (possessive singular third-person)
angoštaš (possessive singular third-person)
Term? (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
angošteš (possessive singular third-person)
انگشتهایش (possessive singular third-person)
angošt-hấyaš (possessive singular third-person)
انگشتهاش، انگشتاش (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
angoštấš (possessive singular third-person)
انگشتمان (first-person plural possessive)
angoštemân (first-person plural possessive)
انگشتمون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
angoštemun (first-person plural possessive)
انگشتهایمان (first-person plural possessive)
angošt-hấyemân (first-person plural possessive)
انگشتهامون، انگشتامون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
angoštấmun (first-person plural possessive)
انگشتتان (plural possessive second-person)
angoštetân (plural possessive second-person)
انگشتتون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
angoštetun (plural possessive second-person)
انگشتهایتان (plural possessive second-person)
angošt-hấyetân (plural possessive second-person)
انگشتهاتون، انگشتاتون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
angoštấtun (plural possessive second-person)
انگشتشان (plural possessive third-person)
angoštešân (plural possessive third-person)
انگشتشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
angoštešun (plural possessive third-person)
انگشتهایشان (plural possessive third-person)
angošt-hấyešân (plural possessive third-person)
انگشتهاشون، انگشتاشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
angoštấšun (plural possessive third-person)

→ Gujarati: અંગુશ્ત (aṅguśt)

[ʔäŋ.ɡʊ́ʃt̪]

[ʔäŋ.ɡʊ́ʃt̪]

[ʔäŋ.ɡʊ́ʃt̪]

from Middle Persian ʾngwst', from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hangúštʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“joint”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬀 (aṇgušta) and Sanskrit अङ्गुष्ठ (aṅguṣṭha, “thumb, big toe”).

cog

digit; (especially) the Persian digit of about 2 cm


گز

→ Ashkun: gë́s

→ Armenian: գազ (gaz)

→ Gujarati: ગજ (gaj)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: गज़ (gaz)

Urdu: گز (gaz)

→ Kamkata-viri: géć

→ Malay: gaz

Indonesian: gaz

→ Prasuni: gaz

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gt' /gad/, “rod, club”), from Proto-Iranian *gádaH, Proto-Indo-Iranian *gadaH (“club”).


تن

→ Bashkir: тән (tən)

→ Kazakh: тән (tän)

→ Ottoman Turkish: تن (ten)

Turkish: ten

→ Uyghur: تەن (ten)

→ Uzbek: tan

Inherited from Middle Persian tn' (tan), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎵𐎢𐏁 (tanūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (“body”).


بشکه

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بشکه • (boške) (plural بشکهها (boške-hâ))


تنگ

Via Chagatai from Chinese 等 (MC tojX|tongX, “equal; sort, type, etc.”), or specifically 戥 (“small steelyard for weighing money and similar items”).

ltc-l

a bundle on one half of a beast of burden, package, ass-load


کیلومتر

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کیلومتر • (kilometr) (plural کیلومترها (kilometr-hâ))

kilometr (romanization)
کیلومترها (plural)


قنطار

Borrowed from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).


توله

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توله • (tôle)

fa-noun

توله • (tôle)

Borrowed from Hindustani تولا (tola) / तोला (tolā). The weight corresponds to the weight of an Indian silver rupee during the whole Mughal Empire.

تولا تولا#Persian

Alternative form of تولا (tôlâ, “weight measure for especially silver and gold of about 11.6 grams”)


واحد نجومی

fa:واحد نجومی


کیلوگرم

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کیلوگرم • (kilogram) (plural کیلوگرمها (kilogram-hâ))

kilogram (romanization)
کیلوگرمها (plural)


پیک

پیک • (peyk, pek) (plural پیکها (peyk, pek-hâ))

peyk (romanization)
pek (romanization)
پیکها (plural)


فرسنگ

فرسنگ • (farsang) (plural فرسنگها (farsang-hâ))

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→ Middle Armenian: փարսանգ (pʻarsang), ֆարսանկ (farsank)

[fæɹ.sǽɲɡʲ̥]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plsng /frasang/, “parasang”). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Ancient Greek παρασάγγης (parasángēs), Latin parasanga, Old Armenian հրասախ (hrasax), Arabic فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ), Aramaic פַּרְסָה, פַּרְסָא (parsâ), Mishnaic Aramaic פָּרָשָׁה (pārāšâ), Classical Syriac ܦܪܣܚܐ (prsḥʾ /parsḥā/).

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פַּרְסָה, פַּרְסָא

Aramaic פַּרְסָה, פַּרְסָא (parsâ)

Aramaic פָּרָשָׁה (pārāšâ)

به من از فرسنگها دوری تو گرمی حرم نفسهات میرسه

2006, Omid Soltâni, “Entezâr”, in Entezâr:

be man az farsang-hâ duri-e to, garmi-e horm-e nafas-hât mi-rese

farsang, parasang (unit of distance, comparable to a league)


سانتی‌متر

سانتیمتر (canonical)
sânti-metr (romanization)


تسو

→ Middle Armenian: թասու (tʻasu)

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tasūg), from where also borrowed Arabic طَسُّوج (ṭassūj) and Classical Syriac ܛܺܝܣܽܘܓܳܐ (ṭīssūḡā), according to Friedrich Müller a loan of Pali catasso f (“four”).

inh+

the twenty-fourth part of a weight, measure, or day


فرسخ

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فرسخ • (farsax) (plural فرسخها (farsax-hâ) or فراسخ (farâsex))

farsax (romanization)
فرسخها (plural)
فراسخ (plural)

→ English: farsakh

→ Hindi: फ़र्सख़ (farsax) (rare)

Borrowed from Arabic فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ), itself from an Iranian cognate of فرسنگ (farsang).

فرسنگ فرسنگ#Persian

Alternative form of فرسنگ (farsang): farsang, parasang


ارش

ارش • (araš)

fa-noun

ارش • (araš)

From Middle Persian [script needed] (”ryšn /ārešn/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎴𐎡 (a-r-š-n-i /arašni/).


درون

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlwn' /drōn/, “consecrated bread; a kind of ritual in which consecrated bread is used”), also attested in Classical Syriac ܕܪܘܢ (drōn, “consecrated bread; a kind of ritual in which consecrated bread is used”) and a derivative ܕܪܘܢܝܐ (drōnāyyā, “a kind of attendant serving sacred bread”).


پیمانه

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پیمانه • (peymâne)

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پیمانه • (peymâne)

Tajik: паймона (paymona) — historical

→ Uzbek: паймона (paymona)

→ Azerbaijani: peymanə

→ Ottoman Turkish: پیمانه (peymane)

a historical measure of capacity, of various sizes but gauged by Ghazan to weigh 8.3 kg