Places and Travel
jah, gah = place (جا

khiaban = street (خیابان

ja'de = road (جاده

rah = way/path (راه

sakhteman = building (ساختمان

khane = house/home (خانه

istgah = station (ایستگاه

dæftær, edare = office (دفتر

(اداره

mædrese (Ar.), amuzeshgah = school (مدرسه

(اموزشگاه
estadiom = stadium
værzeshgah = gym (ورزشگاه

ketab khane = library (کتابخانه

edare post, post khane = post office (اداره پست

forudgah/vorudgah = airport (فرودگاه

muze = museum (موزه

borj = tower (Ar.) (برج

pol = bridge (پل

tæbæqe (Ar.), eshkube = floor/level (طبقه

(اشکوب

park = park (پارک

bagh, baghcheh, bustan = garden/farm (باغ

mæqbære = monument/tomb (Ar.) (مقبره

mojæsæme = statue (مجسمه

moqaze = store (Ar.) (مغازه

bazar = market/bazaar (بازار

hotel = hotel (هتل

daneshgah = university (دانشگاه

daneshkæde = college (دانشکده

resturan = restaurant (رستوران

dæst-shuyi = bathroom (lit. "hand washer")
qasr (Ar.), kakh = castle/palace (قصر

zendan = prison/jail (زندان

kælantæri = police station (کلانتری

bimarestan = hospital (بیمارستان
shæhr = city (شهر

deh = village (ده

shæhrestan = county (شهرستان

paitækht = capital (پایتخت

ostan, estan, istan, stan = state (ستان-)
Religions and Religious Places
mazhab, deen = religion (مذهب

(دین

mæsjed = mosque (مسجد

kelisa = church (کلیسا

kenise = synagogue (کنیسه

atæsh kæde/atæsh gah = fire temple (آتشگاه

pæræsteshgah = temple/worshiping place (پرستشگاه

ziaraat-gah = shrine (زیارتگاه

Eslam, Deen Eslam = Islam, Religion of Islam (اسلام

(دین اسلام

Zarthusht = Zoroastrian (زرتشتی

Maseehi = Christian (مسیحی

Protestan = Protestant (پروتستان

Catoleekh = Catholic (کاتولیک

Boodei = Buddhist (بودایی
Geographical Terms
rud, rudkhane = river (رودخانه

(رود

dærya = sea (دریا

(note: In Urdu, the same means a "river")
dærya-cheh = lake (دریاچه

oqianus = ocean (اقیانوس

jæzire = island (Ar.) (جزیره
dæsht = flat land/plain (دشت

(i.e. plains of Nineveh would be "dæsht e Nain-nav-ah" )
meidan = feild/plain (میدان

sehrah = desert (صحرا

jængæl = forest/jungle/woods (جنگل

kuh = mountain (کوه

tæpe = hill (تپه
Directions
in-jah = here (اینجا

an-jah = there (آنجا

rast = right (راست

chæp = left (چپ

shomal = north (Ar.) (شمال

junub = south (Ar.) (جنوب

shærq (Ar.), khavær = east (شرق

(خاور

qærb (Ar.), bakhtær = west (غرب

(باختر

dæst-e .... = to your.... (lit. ".....hand side") (... دست

tæræf (Ar.), su, vær = direction/way (سو

(طرف

bala - up (بالا

payin - down (پایین
Vehicles
mashin = car
otobus = bus (اتوبوس

hæva-peyma = airplane (هواپیما

taksi = taxi (تاکسی

ajhans = taxi (that you call to pick you up)
metro = metro (مترو

qætar = train (Ar.) (قطار

kamiun = truck (کامیون

minibus = minibus/van
dochærkhe = bicycle (دوچرخه
