See را in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "I saw him yesterday.",
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"english": "I have to find you.",
"roman": "bâyad to râ peydâ konam.",
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"english": "I bought the book.",
"roman": "ketâb râ xaridam.",
"text": "کتاب را خریدم.",
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"english": "He had killed a man.",
"roman": "mardi râ košte bud.",
"text": "مردی را کشته بود.",
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"english": "I stroked the cat.",
"roman": "gorba ro navâzeš kardam.",
"text": "گربه رو نوازش کردم. (colloquial Iranian)",
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"english": "The boy’s mother and father were summoned [lit. “He summoned his mother and father”] and appeased with immeasurable wealth, and the judge issued an opinion that it was licit to shed the blood of a subject for the sake of the king’s health.",
"ref": "1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 33:",
"roman": "pidar u mādar-aš rā bixwānd u ba ni'mat-i bē-kirān xušnūd gardānīdand u qāzī fatwā dād ki xūn-i yakē az ra'īyyat rēxtan salāmat-i nafs-i pādšāh rā rawā bāšad.",
"text": "پدر و مادرش را بخواند و بنعمت بیکران خشنود گردانیدند و قاضی فتوی داد که خون یکی از رعیت ریختن سلامتِ نفس پادشاه را روا باشد.",
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{
"english": "Mystic, come, for the cup has a bright mirror,\nSo that you might see the brightness of ruby-hued wine.",
"ref": "c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 7”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]:",
"roman": "sūfī biyā ki āyina-yi sāfi-st jām rā\ntā bingarī safā-yi may-i la'l-fām rā",
"text": "صوفی بیا که آینه صافیست جام را\nتا بنگری صفای می لعلفام را",
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"english": "Thank God. (literally, “Thanks [be] to God.”)",
"roman": "xodâ râ šokr.",
"text": "خدا را شکر.",
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{
"english": "I told him.",
"roman": "u râ goftam.",
"text": "او را گفتم. (normal in Dari, poetic in Iran)",
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"(Dari, Tajik, dated in Iran) to; indicates that the preceding noun phrase is an indirect object."
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"english": "By God!",
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"text": "خدارا!",
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"english": "by chance",
"roman": "qazâ râ",
"text": "قضا را",
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"english": "tomorrow (as an adverb)",
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"english": "We do not have this.",
"roman": "mâ râ in nist.",
"text": "ما را این نیست. (archaic)",
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{
"english": "I would not have taken the life of anybody.",
"ref": "c. 970, Abū Alī Bal'amī, Persian translation of the Tafsīr of Ṭabarī:",
"roman": "hēč xalq rā jān na-giriftamē.",
"text": "هیچ خلق را جان نگرفتمی.",
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{
"english": "I have heard that at the beginning, Rustam\nWas given such strength from God\nThat if he were upon the top of a rock\nBoth his two feet would keep sinking into it.",
"ref": "1010, Ferdowsi, شاهنامه [Shahnameh]:",
"roman": "šunîdam ki rustam dar âğâz-i kâr\nčunân yâft nêrô zi parwardigâr\nki gar sang râ ô ba sar šûdê\nhamê har du pây-aš bad-ô dar šûdê",
"text": "شنیدم که رستم ز آغاز کار\nچنان یافت نیرو ز پروردگار\nکه گر سنگ را او به سر شدی\nهمی هر دو پایش بدو در شدی",
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{
"english": "One must not belong to love/one must not give oneself up to love.",
"ref": "c. 1080, Kaykāwūs, Qābūs-nāma:",
"roman": "išq rā na-bāyad būd.",
"text": "عشق را نباید بود.",
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{
"english": "Sufi, come, for the cup has a bright mirror,\nSo that you might see the brightness of ruby-hued wine.",
"ref": "c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 7”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]:",
"roman": "sûfî biyâ ki âyina-yi sâfi-st jâm râ\ntâ bingarî safâ-yi may-i la'l-fâm râ",
"text": "صوفی بیا که آینه صافیست جام را\nتا بنگری صفای می لعلفام را",
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"Used as a genitive particle to mark the possessor; in particular, used with the verb بودن (budan, “to be”)."
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"(archaic, Classical Persian) Used as a genitive particle to mark the possessor; in particular, used with the verb بودن (budan, “to be”)."
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"english": "I work for you.",
"ref": "c. 970, Abū Alī Bal'amī, Persian translation of the Tafsīr of Ṭabarī:",
"roman": "tu rā kār kunam.",
"text": "ترا کار کنم.",
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"english": "The boy’s mother and father were summoned and appeased with immeasurable wealth, and the judge issued an opinion that it was licit to shed the blood of a subject for the sake of the king’s health.",
"ref": "1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 33:",
"roman": "pidar u mādar-aš rā bixwānd u ba ni'mat-i bē-kirān xušnūd girdānīdand u qāzī fatwā dād ki xūn-i yakē az ra'īyyat rēxtan salāmat-i nafs-i pādšāh rā rawā bāšad.",
"text": "پدر و مادرش را بخواند و بنعمت بیکران خشنود گردانیدند و قاضی فتوی داد که خون یکی از رعیت ریختن سلامتِ نفس پادشاه را روا باشد.",
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"(archaic) for the sake of, for; (more loosely) because of"
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"english": "They tell the tale of an oppressor who threw a stone at a pious man.",
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"roman": "mardum-āzārī rā hikāyat kunand ki sangē bar sar-i sālihē zad.",
"text": "مردمآزاری را حکایت کنند که سنگی بر سر صالحی زد.",
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}
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"english": "As for Shirin, I think she might win.",
"roman": "širin o fek mi-konam barande še.",
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},
{
"english": "As for the glass, it cracked.",
"roman": "šiša ro tarak xordeš.",
"text": "شیشه رو ترک خوردش. (colloquial Tehrani)",
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"english": "I saw him yesterday.",
"roman": "diruz u râ didam.",
"text": "دیروز او را دیدم.",
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{
"english": "I have to find you.",
"roman": "bâyad to râ peydâ konam.",
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{
"english": "I bought the book.",
"roman": "ketâb râ xaridam.",
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{
"english": "He had killed a man.",
"roman": "mardi râ košte bud.",
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{
"english": "I stroked the cat.",
"roman": "gorba ro navâzeš kardam.",
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{
"english": "The boy’s mother and father were summoned [lit. “He summoned his mother and father”] and appeased with immeasurable wealth, and the judge issued an opinion that it was licit to shed the blood of a subject for the sake of the king’s health.",
"ref": "1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 33:",
"roman": "pidar u mādar-aš rā bixwānd u ba ni'mat-i bē-kirān xušnūd gardānīdand u qāzī fatwā dād ki xūn-i yakē az ra'īyyat rēxtan salāmat-i nafs-i pādšāh rā rawā bāšad.",
"text": "پدر و مادرش را بخواند و بنعمت بیکران خشنود گردانیدند و قاضی فتوی داد که خون یکی از رعیت ریختن سلامتِ نفس پادشاه را روا باشد.",
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{
"english": "Mystic, come, for the cup has a bright mirror,\nSo that you might see the brightness of ruby-hued wine.",
"ref": "c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 7”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]:",
"roman": "sūfī biyā ki āyina-yi sāfi-st jām rā\ntā bingarī safā-yi may-i la'l-fām rā",
"text": "صوفی بیا که آینه صافیست جام را\nتا بنگری صفای می لعلفام را",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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],
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"definite",
"definite#English"
],
[
"indefinite",
"indefinite#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Dari",
"Persian dated terms",
"Persian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Thank God. (literally, “Thanks [be] to God.”)",
"roman": "xodâ râ šokr.",
"text": "خدا را شکر.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I told him.",
"roman": "u râ goftam.",
"text": "او را گفتم. (normal in Dari, poetic in Iran)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to; indicates that the preceding noun phrase is an indirect object."
],
"links": [
[
"to",
"to"
],
[
"indirect object",
"indirect object#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Dari, Tajik, dated in Iran) to; indicates that the preceding noun phrase is an indirect object."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in Iran"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "به"
}
],
"tags": [
"Dari",
"Tajik",
"dated"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "By God!",
"roman": "xodâ-râ!",
"text": "خدارا!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "by chance",
"roman": "qazâ râ",
"text": "قضا را",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "tomorrow (as an adverb)",
"roman": "fardâ ro",
"text": "فردا رو (colloquial)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Follows certain nouns being used adverbially, or as an exclamation."
],
"links": [
[
"adverb",
"adverb#English"
],
[
"exclamation",
"exclamation#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Classical Persian",
"Persian terms with archaic senses",
"Persian terms with quotations",
"Persian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "We do not have this.",
"roman": "mâ râ in nist.",
"text": "ما را این نیست. (archaic)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I would not have taken the life of anybody.",
"ref": "c. 970, Abū Alī Bal'amī, Persian translation of the Tafsīr of Ṭabarī:",
"roman": "hēč xalq rā jān na-giriftamē.",
"text": "هیچ خلق را جان نگرفتمی.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "I have heard that at the beginning, Rustam\nWas given such strength from God\nThat if he were upon the top of a rock\nBoth his two feet would keep sinking into it.",
"ref": "1010, Ferdowsi, شاهنامه [Shahnameh]:",
"roman": "šunîdam ki rustam dar âğâz-i kâr\nčunân yâft nêrô zi parwardigâr\nki gar sang râ ô ba sar šûdê\nhamê har du pây-aš bad-ô dar šûdê",
"text": "شنیدم که رستم ز آغاز کار\nچنان یافت نیرو ز پروردگار\nکه گر سنگ را او به سر شدی\nهمی هر دو پایش بدو در شدی",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "One must not belong to love/one must not give oneself up to love.",
"ref": "c. 1080, Kaykāwūs, Qābūs-nāma:",
"roman": "išq rā na-bāyad būd.",
"text": "عشق را نباید بود.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Sufi, come, for the cup has a bright mirror,\nSo that you might see the brightness of ruby-hued wine.",
"ref": "c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 7”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]:",
"roman": "sûfî biyâ ki âyina-yi sâfi-st jâm râ\ntâ bingarî safâ-yi may-i la'l-fâm râ",
"text": "صوفی بیا که آینه صافیست جام را\nتا بنگری صفای می لعلفام را",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used as a genitive particle to mark the possessor; in particular, used with the verb بودن (budan, “to be”)."
],
"links": [
[
"genitive",
"genitive#English"
],
[
"بودن",
"بودن#Persian"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, Classical Persian) Used as a genitive particle to mark the possessor; in particular, used with the verb بودن (budan, “to be”)."
],
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian",
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with archaic senses",
"Persian terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I work for you.",
"ref": "c. 970, Abū Alī Bal'amī, Persian translation of the Tafsīr of Ṭabarī:",
"roman": "tu rā kār kunam.",
"text": "ترا کار کنم.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "The boy’s mother and father were summoned and appeased with immeasurable wealth, and the judge issued an opinion that it was licit to shed the blood of a subject for the sake of the king’s health.",
"ref": "1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 33:",
"roman": "pidar u mādar-aš rā bixwānd u ba ni'mat-i bē-kirān xušnūd girdānīdand u qāzī fatwā dād ki xūn-i yakē az ra'īyyat rēxtan salāmat-i nafs-i pādšāh rā rawā bāšad.",
"text": "پدر و مادرش را بخواند و بنعمت بیکران خشنود گردانیدند و قاضی فتوی داد که خون یکی از رعیت ریختن سلامتِ نفس پادشاه را روا باشد.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"for the sake of, for; (more loosely) because of"
],
"links": [
[
"for the sake of",
"for the sake of"
],
[
"for",
"for"
],
[
"because of",
"because of"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) for the sake of, for; (more loosely) because of"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "برای"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with archaic senses",
"Persian terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "They tell the tale of an oppressor who threw a stone at a pious man.",
"ref": "1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 32:",
"roman": "mardum-āzārī rā hikāyat kunand ki sangē bar sar-i sālihē zad.",
"text": "مردمآزاری را حکایت کنند که سنگی بر سر صالحی زد.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"concerning, about, of; used for the object of a report or story."
],
"links": [
[
"concerning",
"concerning"
],
[
"about",
"about"
],
[
"of",
"of"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) concerning, about, of; used for the object of a report or story."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Persian colloquialisms",
"Persian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "As for Shirin, I think she might win.",
"roman": "širin o fek mi-konam barande še.",
"text": "شیرین و فک میکنم برنده شه. (colloquial Tehrani)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "As for the glass, it cracked.",
"roman": "šiša ro tarak xordeš.",
"text": "شیشه رو ترک خوردش. (colloquial Tehrani)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used as a topic marker for a sentence-initial noun phrase, with certain syntactic restrictions."
],
"links": [
[
"topic",
"topicalization#English"
],
[
"noun phrase",
"noun phrase#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used as a topic marker for a sentence-initial noun phrase, with certain syntactic restrictions."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɾɑː]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[rɑː]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[rɑː]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[rä]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[‿ä]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[rä]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[‿ä]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɹɒː]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɹɒː]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɹo]",
"tags": [
"Tehrani"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[‿o]",
"tags": [
"Tehrani"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɾɔ]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
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}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "ro",
"tags": [
"Iranian",
"colloquial"
],
"word": "رو"
},
{
"roman": "ra",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"colloquial"
],
"word": "ره"
},
{
"roman": "o",
"tags": [
"Iranian",
"colloquial"
],
"word": "و"
},
{
"roman": "a",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"colloquial"
],
"word": "ه"
}
],
"word": "را"
}
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