سلام

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سلام • (salâm)

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”).

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سلام!

سلام علیکم!


چشم

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چشم • (čašm)

From Middle Persian [script needed] (AYNE), [script needed] (čšm /čašm/), from Proto-Iranian *čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma. Cognate with Sanskrit चक्षस् (cakṣas).

(deferential, somewhat formal) OK, all right


خوش آمدید

خوش آمدید • (xoš âmadid)

→ Bengali: খোশ আমদেদ (khōś amoded)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: ख़ुशआमदीद (xuśaāmdīd)

Urdu: خوش آمدید (xuś āmadīd)

[xʊʃ ʔɑː.mä.d̪eːd̪]

[xʊʃ ʔɑː.mä.d̪eːd̪]

.به ایران خوش آمدید
Be Irân xoš âmadid. (literary)

Welcome to Iran.

.به ایران خوش اومدین Be Irân xoš umadin. (colloquial)

خوش اومدی

خوش آمدی (xoš âmadi) (familiar, literary)


عجب

ابتدای کار سیمرغ ای عجب، جلوهگر بگذشت بر چین نیم شب، در میان چین فتاد از وی پری، لاجرم پر شور شد هر کشوری.

1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, منطق الطیر [The Conference of the Birds], volumes lines 733—737:

The beginning of [this] affair of the Simorgh, oh how wondrous! It passed in China in full splendor one midnight, and a feather fell from it in the middle of China. Consequently, each country became ardent [to see the feather].

ebtedâ-ye kâr-e simorğ ey 'ajab, jelow-gar be-gozašt bar čin nim-šab, dar miyân-e čin fatâd az vey par-i, lâ-jaram por-šur šod har kešvar-i.


افسوس

افسوس • (afsôs)

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾp̄sws /afsōs/).


عصر بخیر

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عَصْر بِخِیْر

عَصْر بِخِیْر • ('asr bexeyr)

عَصْر بِخِیْر (canonical)
'asr bexeyr (romanization)

[ʔäsɾ bä.χǽjɾ]


شب بخیر

شَب بِخِیْر • (šab bexeyr)

شَب بِخِیْر (canonical)
šab bexeyr (romanization)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: शब बख़ैर (śab baxair)

Urdu: شَب بَخَیر (śab baxair)

[ʃäb bä.χǽjɾ]

From شَب (šab, “night”) + بِه (be) + خِیْر (xeyr, “good”).


صبح بخیر

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صُبْح بِخِیْر

صُبْح بِخِیْر • (sobh bexeyr)

صُبْح بِخِیْر (canonical)
sobh bexeyr (romanization)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: सुबह बख़ैर (subah baxair)

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صُبْح بَخَیر

Urdu: صُبْح بَخَیر (subh baxair)

Borrowed from Arabic صَبَاح الخَيْر (ṣabāḥ al-ḵayr).

bor+

صَبَاح الخَيْر


ببخشید

Second person plural/polite subjunctive or imperative form of بخشیدن (baxšidan, “to forgive”).

ببخشید (که) دیر کردم. ― bebaxšid (ke) dir kardam. ― Sorry I'm late.


درود

[d̪æ.ɹuːd̪̥]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (drwd /drōd/, “well-being, health, welfare”), from Old Persian *druwatā-, from 𐎯𐎢𐎽𐎢𐎺 (du-u-ru-u-v /duruva-/, “secure, healthy”), from Proto-Iranian *druwáh. Compare Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬁𐬝 (druuatāt̰, “health”) (from 𐬛𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀- (druua-)) and Sanskrit ध्रुव (dhruvá, “fixed, immovable; firm”). Related to Old Armenian դրուատ (druat). As a greeting compare Russian здоро́во (zdoróvo, “hi”).


خدا حافظ

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خدا حافظ • (xodâ hâfez)

[xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː hɑː.fɪ́z]

[xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː hɑː.fɪ́z]

[xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː ʔɑː.fɪ́z]

خداحافظ خداحافظ#Persian


مرسی

Borrowed from French merci (“thank you”).


دست شما درد نکنه

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دست شما درد نکنه • (dast-e šomâ dard nakone)

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→ Azerbaijani: əllərin(iz) ağrımasın (calque)


نوش جان

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نوشِ جان! • (nuš-e jân)

نوشِ جان! (canonical)
nuš-e jân (romanization)

[noː.ʃɪ d͡ʒɑːn]

[noː.ʃɪ d͡ʒɑːn]

[noː.ʃɪ d͡ʒɑːn]

to your good health!, cheers! (before any drink including non-alcoholic ones)


هلو

هلو • (halô)


زرشک

Related to Northern Kurdish zerêşk, zirêşk, zirîşk, Gilaki [script needed] (zərəšk); Persian زریک (zerik), زرک (zerek), زرنگ (zarang), زراج (zarâj), زراک (zarâk); Yidgha [script needed] (azīto); Khotanese ysālva; all meaning "barberry" and ultimately deriving from the word for "yellow": compare Persian زر (zar, “gold”).


جان

→ Middle Armenian: ջան (ǰan)

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→ Armenian: ջան (ǰan), ճան (čan) — Western Armenian
→ Russian: джан (džan)

→ Azerbaijani: can

→ Bashkir: йән (yən)

→ Bengali: জান (jan)

→ Chuvash: чун (čun)

→ Gujarati: જાન (jān)

→ Georgian: ჯანი (ǯani)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: जान (jān)

Urdu: جان (jān)

→ Kazakh: жан (jan)

→ Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: جان (can)

Northern Kurdish: can

→ Kyrgyz: жан (jan)

→ Ottoman Turkish: جان (can)
Turkish: can
Albanian: xhan
Macedonian: џан (džan)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: џан
Latin script: džan

→ Pashto: جان (ǰān)

→ Sindhi: جان (jān)

→ Tatar: җан (can)

→ Old Azari: جان (ǰān)

→ Turkmen: jan

→ Uyghur: جان (jan)

→ Uzbek: jon

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HYA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾn'), 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗 (gyʾn /gyān/, “soul, ghost”), from Proto-Iranian *wyaHnáH (equivalent to*wi- + *HanH- (“to breathe”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wyaHnás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”), whence, for example, Latin animus.
Cognate with Northern Kurdish giyan, Central Kurdish گیان (giyan), Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁 (viiānaiiā), Sanskrit व्यान (vyāná).

der

what?; a request for clarification upon mishearing.


والله

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والله • (vallâh)

Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰهِ (wal-lāhi)..


سپاس

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: सिपास (sipās)

Urdu: سپاس (sipās)

Ottoman Turkish: سپاس (sipâs)

From Middle Persian [script needed] (spʾs /spās/), from Proto-Iranian *spácati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *spáćati, from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-; see there for cognates.


یا

یا علی

O Ali (common religious phrase among Shia Muslims)


بدرود

[bäd̪.ɾʊːd̪̥]

Equivalent to به (be, “to”) + درود (dorud, “health; well-being”).

af

ماه کنعانی من! مسند مصر آنِ تو شد
وقت آن است که بدرود کنی زندان را

c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 9”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:

My Canaanite beauty [lit. moon]! The throne of Egypt is yours,
The hour is such for you to bid the prison farewell.

mâh-i kan'ânî-yi man! masnad-i misr ân-i tu šud
waqt ân ast ki badrôd kunî zindân râ


تشکر

[t̪ʰä.ʃäk.kʰʊ́ɾ]

[t̪ʰä.ʃäk.kʰʊ́ɾ]

[t̪ʰä.ʃäk.kʰʊ́ɾ]

[t̪ʰä.ʃäk.kʰúɾ]

[t̪ʰæ.ʃækʲ.kʰóɹ]

[t̪ʰä.ʃäk.kʰúɾ]

Borrowed from Arabic تَشَكُّر (tašakkur).


آفرین

âfarin (romanization)
âferin (romanization)
âfrin (romanization)

→ Azerbaijani: afərin

→ Bashkir: афарин (afarin)

→ Georgian: აფერუმ (aperum)

→ Mingrelian: ანფერ (anper)

→ Gujarati: આફરીન (āpharīn)

→ Hindustani:

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Hindi: आफ़रीन (āfrīn), आफ़रीं (āfrī̃), आफ़िरीं (āfirī̃)

Urdu: آفرین (āfrīn)

→ Punjabi: ਆਫ਼ਰੀਨ (āfarīn), آفرین (āfrīn)

→ Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (āferīn)

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Ottoman Turkish: آفرم (âferim), آفرین (aferin)
Turkish: aferin
→ Arabic: عَفَارِم (ʕafārim)
→ Albanian: aferim
→ Armenian: աֆերիմ (aferim)
→ Bulgarian: а́ферим (áferim)
→ Macedonian: аферим (aferim)
→ Romanian: aferim
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: афѐрим
Latin script: afèrim

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭩𐭭 (āfrīn, “praise, blessing”), from Proto-Iranian *ā- + *fraiH- (“to rejoice, atone, please”). The former prefix is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”), and the latter component is from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to please; to love”).


الحمد لله

Borrowed from Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).

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الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ

عیشم مدام است از لعل دلخواه
کارم به کام است الحمد لله

c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 417”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:

My pleasure from the ruby [wine, or the beloved's lips] of my heart's desire is everlasting;
My affairs are as I would wish them. Praise be to God!

ayšam mudām ast az la'l-i dilxwāh
kāram ba kām ast alhamdu lillāh

praise be to God, thank God, alhamdulillah; a common expression of gratitude, relief, or joy.


چپ

Akin to Pashto چپ, Urdu چپ, and Hindi चुप (cup), probably onomatopoeic.


ای

Onomatopoeia. Compare Ottoman Turkish ای (ey). Commonly followed by a noun bearing the vocative suffix -â.

من نبینم روی خود را ای شمن
من ببینم روی تو تو روی من

c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 883:

O idolater (dualist), (if) I do not behold my own face (reality),
I behold thy face and thou beholdest mine.

man na-bīnam rōy-i xwad rā ay šaman
man bi-bīnam rōy-i tū tū rōy-i man


دوباره

دوباره! (canonical)
dobâre! (romanization)

[d̪ʊ.bɑː.ɾǽ]

[d̪ʊ.bɑː.ɾǽ]

[d̪ʊ.bɑː.ɾǽ]


چرا

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چرا • (čerâ)

Ellipsis of چرا که نه؟ (čerâ ke na?, “why not?”).

ellipsis

(definite positive response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely


لطفا

Borrowed from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of Arabic لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness”). By surface analysis, لطف (lotf, “kindness”) + ـاً (-an).

surf

لُطْفاً بِیا داخِل


یعنی

[...] و از آنجا به شهر حماة شدیم، شهری خوش، آبادان بر لب آب عاصی و این آب را از آن سبب عاصی گویند که به جانب روم میرود، یعنی چون از بلاد اسلام به بلاد کفر میرود، عاصی است

c. 1004–1088, Nasir Khusraw, سفرنامه [Safarnama]:

… and from there we went to the city of Hama, a pleasant city, by the side of the Asi [Sinful] River and this river is called Sinful because it is flowing toward Rome [the Byzantine Empire], that is to say, since it is going from the land of Islam to the land of kufr, it is sinful

[...] wa az ānjā ba šahr-i hamāh šudēm, šahrē xwaš, ābādān bar lab-i āb-i āsī wa īn āb-rā az ān sabab āsī gōyand ki ba jānib-i rūm mē-rawad, ya'nē čūn az bilād-i islām ba bilād-i kufr mē-rawad, āsī ast

(adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know


ان‌شاءالله

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انشاءالله • (enšâ'allâh or enšâllâ)

انشاءالله (canonical)
enšâ'allâh (romanization)
enšâllâ (romanization)

[ʔɪn.ʃɑː.ʔäl.lɑ́ːʱ]

[ʔɪn.ʃɑː.ʔäl.lɑ́ːʱ]

[ʔɪn.ʃɑː.lɑ́ː]

[ʔin.ʃɔːäl.lɔ́ː]

[ʔen.ʃɒː.ʔæl.lɒ́ːʰ]

[ʔen.ʃɒː.ʔæl.lɒ́ːʰ]

[ʔen.ʃɒː.lɒ́ː]

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu).

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إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ

انشالله ۱۲۰ ساله بشی.
enšâllâ 120 sâle beši.
Inshallah you'll be 120 years old.

a compliment said at a friend's birthday

inshallah, if God wills, God willing; hopefully, fingers crossed


آمین

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آمین • (âmin)

Etymology tree
Biblical Hebrew אָמֵןbor.
Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn)bor.?
Classical Syriac ܐܰܡܺܝܢbor.
Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn)bor.?
Aramaic אַמִיןbor.
Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna)bor.
Persian آمینBorrowed from Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna).


تبریک

[t̪ʰäb.ɾíːk]

[t̪ʰäb.ɾíːk]

[t̪ʰäb.ɾíːk]

[t̪ʰæb.ɹíːkʲ]

Borrowed from Arabic تَبْرِيك (tabrīk, “congratulation”).


ماشاءالله

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ماشاءالله • (mâšâ'allâh)

[mɑː.ʃɑː.ʔäl.lɑ́ːʱ]

[mɑː.ʃɑː.ʔäl.lɑ́ːʱ]

[mɑː.ʃɑːl.lɑ́ː]

[mɔː.ʃɔːl.lɔ́ː]

[mɒː.ʃɒː.ʔæl.lɒ́ːʰ]

[mɔ.ʃɔ.ʔäl.lɔ́ʱ]

Borrowed from Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ (mā šāʔa llāhu).

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مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ


بس

→ Azerbaijani: bəs

→ Bengali: ব্যাস (bês)

→ Gujarati: બસ (bas)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: बस (bas)

Urdu: بس

→ Ottoman Turkish: بس (bes)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਬਸ (bas), ਬੱਸ (bassa)

Shahmukhi script: بس (bs)

From Middle Persian ws (/was/), from Proto-Iranian *was- (“to want, wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to wish”).

بسه!


حرکت

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حَرَکَت • (harkat)

حَرَکَت (canonical)
harkat (romanization)

→ Assamese: হৰকত (horokot)

→ Bengali: হরকত (horkot)

→ Gujarati: હરકત (harkat)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: हरकत (harkat)

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Urdu: حَرکَت

Urdu: حَرکَت

→ Marathi: हरकत (harkat)

→ Odia: ହରକତ (harakata)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਹਰਕਤ (harkat)

Shahmukhi script: حَرکَت (ḥarkat)

→ Sindhi:

Arabic script: حَرْڪَتَ

Devanagari script: हर्कत

[ʔä.ɾä.kʰǽt̪]

[ʔä.ɾä.kʰǽt̪]

[hæ.ɹæ.kʰʲǽt̪]

[hæɹ.kʰʲǽt̪]


دس خوش

دس خوش ! (canonical)
das xoš! (romanization)

دس (das, “hand”) + خوش (xoš, “happy”), literally meaning, "[the] hand [is] happy."


وا

(informal) indicates the speaker is surprised or confused.


موفق باشی

[movæfːæɣˈbɒːʃiː]

[movæfæɣˈbɒːʃiː]


موفق باشید

[movæfːæɣˈbɒːʃiːd̪]


سلام علیکم

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سَلام عَلِیْکُم

سَلام عَلِیْکُم • (salâm 'aleykom)

سَلام عَلِیْکُم (canonical)
salâm 'aleykom (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام عَلَيْكُم (salām ʕalaykum).

bor+

سَلَام عَلَيْكُم

good day to you, good afternoon, hello, salaam alaikum (a somewhat formal Islamic greeting)


متشکرم

[mot̪ʰeʃæˈkʲːeɾæm]


سپاس‌گزارم

سپاسگزارم (canonical)
sepâs-gozâram (romanization)


اینک

From این (in) + ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix).

اینک این خلعت بگیر و زر و سیم
چون بیایی خاص باشی و ندیم

c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 189:

Look now, receive this robe of honour and gold and silver; when thou comest [to the king], thou wilt be a favourite and boon-companion.

īnak īn xal'at bigīr u zar u sīm
čōn biyāyi xās bāšī u nadīm


ایواه

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ایواه • (eyvâh)


افغان

افغان • (afğân)

Derived from Sogdian [script needed] (ʾβγʾn /əfɣaːn/). Cognate with Middle Persian ʾbxwʾn- (abxwān-, “to call, cry”).


آفری

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آفری • (âfari)


خدافظ

خداحافظ خداحافظ#Persian


خداحافظت

خداحافظت • (xodâhâfezet)

[xʊ.d̪ɑː.ɦɑː.fɪ́.zät̪]

[xʊ.d̪ɑː.ɦɑː.fɪ́.zät̪]

[xʊ.d̪ɑːɑː.fɪ́.zät̪]

خداحافظ خداحافظ#Persian


به سلامت

(sarcastic) indicates the speaker is happy about leaving of the other side; good riddance.


خداحافظ

خداحافظ • (xodâhâfez)

[xʊ.d̪ɑː.ɦɑ́ː.fɪz]

[xʊ.d̪ɑː.ɦɑ́ː.fɪz]

Fa-خداحافظ.ogg

Contraction of خدا حافظت باشد (xudā hāfizat bāšad, “may God be your protector”) from Classical Persian. Gradually shortened to خداحافظت (xudāhāfizat) or (xodâhâfezet), to خداحافظ (xudāhāfiz) or (xodâhâfez), and colloquially to خدافظ (xudāfiz) or (xodâfez)


اوکی

Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.


زنده باد

زنده باد • (zende bâd)

زنده (zende, “alive”) + باد (bâd, “may ... be”).


خدا را شکر

خدا را شکر • (xodâ râ šokr)

[xoˌd̪ɒː rɒː ˈʃokɾ]

[xod̪ɒːrɒːˈʃokɾ]


والسلام

والسلام • (vassalâm)

[ˈvæsːælɒːm]

From the Arabic phrase وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ (wa-s-salāmu ʕalaykum wa-raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuhu, “May the peace, mercy, and blessing of God be upon you!”), a phrase used at the end of speeches, especially Islamic ones.


می‌گم

so (used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story)


درود بر تو

From Middle Persian drwd ʾbr tw (drōd abar tō, “well-being to you, welcome”).

uder

(literally) well-being to you, peace to you, peace be upon you


لایک

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لایک • (lâyk)


خخخ

xexexe (romanization)
xxx (romanization)


خب

Variation of خوب (xub, “good, well, so”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭡 (xūb), from Old Persian [script needed] (*ʰuvāpa), from Proto-Iranian *HhuHā́pah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsuHápas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (“good”) + *h₃épos (“work”). Compare Sogdian [script needed] (xwp).


خدایا

خدایا • (xodâyâ)


ای بابا

ای بابا • (ey bâbâ)


شاباش

شاباش • (šâbâš)

From the phrase شاد باش (šâd bâš, “excellent! well done!”, literally “be happy!”), from شاد (šâd, “happy”) + باش (bâš, “be”).


چگونه

چگونه • (čegune)

[t͡ʃʰɪ.ɡoː.nä]

[t͡ʃʰɪ.ɡoː.nä]

[t͡ʃʰɪ.ɡoː.nä]

[t͡ʃʰi.ɡʊː.nä]


هی

هی!


مرگ بر

[mæɹɡʲ̥ bæɹ]

مرگ بر آمریکا!


باشه

باشه • (bâše)

From earlier باشد (bâšad, imperative of بودن, literally “let it be”).

Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance. OK


آه

Onomatopoeic. Compare Japanese ああ (ā, “yeah”) and colloquial Arabic آه (ʔāh, “yes”).


شاد باد

شاد باد • (šâd bâd)

[ʃɑːd̪ bɑːd̪]

[ʃɑːd̪ bɑːd̪]

[ʃɑːd̪ bɑːd̪]

[ʃɔːd̪̥ bɔːd̪̥]

[ʃɒːd̪̥ bɒːd̪̥]

شاد (šâd, “happy, glad”) + باد (bâd, “may ... be”).


پشمام

پشمام • (pašmâm)

Ellipsis of پشمام ریخت! (pašmâm rixt!, literally “my pubes fell out!”)

ellipsis

حاجی پشمام!

(slang) an interjection of sheer surprise or shock, equivalent to "holy shit!".


وای

→ Turkish: vay

→ Azerbaijani: vay

PIE word
 *wáy
From Proto-Iranian *wáy, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáy, eventually from Proto-Indo-European *wai.
Cognate with Latin vae, English woe. Similar words also exist in Semitic, compare Aramaic וי (way), Arabic وَيْلٌ (waylun).


رخصت

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رُخْصَت • (roxsat)

رُخْصَت (canonical)
roxsat (romanization)

→ Armenian: ռուխսաթ (ṙuxsatʻ)

→ Azerbaijani: rüxsət

→ Bashkir: рөхсәт (röxsət)

→ Gujarati: રુખસત (rukhsat)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: रुख़सत (ruxsat)

Urdu: رُخْصَت (ruxsat)

→ Marwari: रुखसत (rukhsat)

→ Middle Georgian: რუხსათი (ruxsati)

→ Nepali: रुखसत (rukhasat)

→ Punjabi: ruxsat

Gurmukhi script: ਰੁਖ਼ਸਤ

Shahmukhi script: رُخصَت

→ Sindhi:

Arabic script: رُخْصَتُ

Devanagari script: रुख्सत

فرصت فرصت#Persian

used by a zurkhaneh or traditional Persian wrestling athlete prior to combat in order to show respect to the mentors or former athletes; the affirmitive reply is فرصت (forsat), given by the morshed or the mentor


اوه

اوه واقعاً؟


لالا

لالا • (lâlâ)

Sound-symbolic; compare English lullaby, lull.


هین

دیو چون باز آمد ای بطان شتاب
هین به بیرون کم روید از حصن آب

c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 434:

The Devil is like the falcon. O ducks, make haste!
Beware, do not come out of your stronghold, the water.

dēw čūn bāz āmad ay battān šitāb
 hīn ba bērūn kam rawēd az hisn-i āb


استغفرالله

[ʔäs.t̪ʰäɣ.fɪ.ɾʊl.lɑːʱ]

[ʔäs.t̪ʰäɣ.fɪ.ɾʊl.lɑːʱ]

[ʔäs.t̪ʰäɣ.fɪ.ɾʊl.lɑː]

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّٰه (ʔastaḡfiru llāh).

bor+

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّٰه


خدارا

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خُدارا • (xodâ-râ)

خُدارا (canonical)
xodâ-râ (romanization)

[xu.ˈðɑː.ɾɑː]

[xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː.ɾɑː]

[xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː.ɾɑː]

[xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː.ɾɑː]

[xu.d̪ɔ́ː.ɾɔː]

[xo.d̪ɒ́ː.ɹɒː]

[χu.d̪ɔ́.ɾɔ]

دل میرود ز دستم صاحبدلان خدا را
دردا که راز پنهان خواهد شد آشکارا

c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 5”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]:

My heart is leaving my hands; by God, o masters of the heart!
Alas, the pain that the hidden secret should be disclosed!

dil mê-rawad zi dast-am sâhib-dilân xudâ râ
dardâ ki râz pinhân xwâhad šud âškârâ


آوخ

آوخ • (âvax)


زنهار

زنهار • (zenhâr)

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zynhʾl /zēnhār/), originally an imperative command of 𐭬𐭭 (MN /az/, “from, of”, modern از) + 𐭦𐭭𐭤 (ZNH /ēn/, “this”, modern این) + Proto-Iranian *hār- (“to guard; to observe”, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to warn”)): "guard against this; beware of this", but used as a noun already in Middle Persian with the current meanings.

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from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*ser-</i> (“to warn”)

ای باد اگر به گلشن احباب بگذری
زنهار عرضه ده بر جانان پیام ما

c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 11”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:

O breeze, should you pass by the rose-field of the lovers,
Take care to give my message to the bosom of my love.

ay bâd agar ba gulšan-i ahbâb bigzarî
zinhâr arza dih bar-i jânân payâm-i mâ


دالی

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دالی • (dâlli)


یا علی

یا علی • (yâ 'ali)

یاعلی یاعلی#Persian


یا رب

یارب یارب#Persian


یاعلی

یاعلی • (yâ'ali)

[jɑː.ʔä.líː]

[jɑː.ʔä.líː]

[jɒː.ʔæ.líː]

Borrowed from Arabic يَا عَلِيُّ (yā ʕaliyyu).

bor+

(Shia Islam) O Ali; a request for intercession from Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first divinely appointed imam in Shi'ism, the sect followed by most Iranians.

(Iran) let’s go; said generically before starting various endeavors, especially when moving something heavy.


یارب

Borrowed from Arabic يَا رَبِّ (yā rabbi).

(Islam) o Lord; a supplication to God for aid.


نک

اینک اینک#Persian


داچی

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داچی • (dâči)

[d̪ɑː.t͡ʃʰiː]

[d̪ɑː.t͡ʃʰiː]

[d̪ɑː.t͡ʃʰiː]

[d̪ɔː.t͡ʃʰi]

[d̪ɒː.t͡ʃʰiː]


خیره

shortening of خَیْر اَسْت (xayr ast, “it is good”)


سیکتیر

Borrowed from Azerbaijani sikdir, second-person singular imperative of sikdirmək.

(slang, somewhat vulgar) screw you, please, fuck off; used to express annoyance or exasperation.


می‌بخشین

میبخشین (canonical)
mê-baxšen (romanization)
mi-baxšin (romanization)

From informal conjugation of بخشیدن (baxšidan, “to forgive”).

میبخشین که دیر کردم.


عافیت باشه

عافیت باشه • (âfiyat bâše)

bless you; used as a polite response to sneezing


ایا

ایا پرلعل کرده جام زرین
ببخشا بر کسی کش زر نباشد

c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 162”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:

O, the golden goblet has been filled with ruby [i.e. wine];
Bestow it on he who has no gold.

ayā pur-la'l karda jām-i zarrīn
bibaxšā bar kasē k-aš zarr na-bāšad

(archaic, poetic) o, alas, yea; a generic exclamation in classical poetry.


چشم بد دور

→ Hindustani:

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चश्म-ए-बद दूर

Hindi: चश्म-ए-बद दूर (caśma-e-bad dūr)

Urdu: چشم بد دور

Urdu: چشم بد دور

[t͡ʃʰäʃ.mɪ bäd̪ d̪uːɾ]

[t͡ʃʰäʃ.mɪ bäd̪ d̪uːɾ]

[t͡ʃʰäʃ.mɪ bäd̪ d̪uːɾ]

[t͡ʃʰäʃ.mi bäd̪̥ d̪uɾ]

Literally, “Far [be] the evil eye”. Literally an incantation or prayer to ward off the evil eye.


ایول

Short for ای والله (ey vallâh, “o by God”).


باریکلا

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باریکلا • (bârikalâ)

بارک الله
بارک الله#Persian

(colloquial) Alternative form of بارک الله (bârak Allâh, “well done!”)


الغیاث

الغیاث • (al-ğiyâs)

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic الْغِيَاث (al-ḡiyāṯ).

unadapted borrowing

درد ما را نیست درمان الغیاث
هجر ما را نیست پایان الغیاث

c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 96”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:

Our pain has no cure, help!
Our separation has no end, help!

dard-i mā rā nēst darmān al-ğiyās
hajr-i mā rā nēst pāyān al-ğiyās


دریغ

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دریغ • (deriğ)

دریغا دریغا#Persian


بی خیال

بی خیال • (bi xiyâl)

بی خیال. لازم نیست.

Don't worry about it. It's not necessary.


نه پس

Compound of نه (na, “no”) + پس (pas, “then”).

com+

ماه به دور زمین میچرخد / نه پس، واقعاً؟

The Moon orbits the Earth / No... really?

Mā be dor-e zamēn mē-čarxad / Na pas, vāqan?

(informal, sarcastic) no; really (indicating that what another person has said was obvious and unnecessary)


چخه

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چخه • (čē-xē)

Uncertain, possibly a natural exclamation. Perhaps from چخ (“quarrelsome, contentious”), clipping of چخیدن (“to fight, struggle”).