Freelang Persian-English dictionary

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A father and his son were watching a funeral procession. The son asked the father if he knew where the coffin was being taken to. The father replied that it was being taken to a place where there were no lights, food and water; to which the son replied, “They must be headed to our house then.” Persians have a good sense of humor and jokes are freely shared among family and friends. Poetry is also used on a day to day basis, as it plays an important role in the lives of [...]

Persian (or Farsi) is an Indo-European language spoken by about 110 million people. Persian or Farsi is the variety of Persian spoken in Iran, whereas Dari is the local name for the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Tajik, the third variety of Persian, is used in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. Although Tajik is written in a modified variant of the Cyrillic alphabet, Persian is written using a modified variant of the Arabic alphabet.

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Download our free dictionary (for Windows or Android) and browse both the Persian-English and the English-Persian lists. Look up a word, add or modify an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. Click here to learn more about the features or scroll down to download the program. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Features of this dictionary

Download our free dictionary for Android! Browse the wordlists, look up words and practice your vocabulary at your own rhythm. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Word list information

This dictionary was made by Luca Carrozzi.

Persian > English: 8,086 words
English > Persian: 8,022 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: January 8, 2004

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More resources for Persian learners

EasyPersian.com has got online lessons to learn Persian, and they also introduce you to some Persian music and contemporary poets of Iran (with translations in English).