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Persian Vocabulary Flashcards: Everyday Words and Short Exchanges

96 English-audience cards for everyday Iranian Persian: script-to-meaning recall, selected short responses, sound aids and clear written/spoken distinctions.

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96 cards for English-speaking beginners learning selected everyday words and short exchanges in modern Iranian Persian. Read Persian script and recall an English sense on 71 cards; produce Persian from a precise English meaning or short situation on 23 cards. Two introductory cards cover reading direction and unwritten short vowels. Backs give the answer first, a pronunciation aid and brief original usage notes or contexts.

The sequence moves through basics (20), people (16), food (18), places (16), time (14) and everyday things (12). Each topic introduces words before selected production prompts. Related forward, reverse and colloquial variants are separated by at least three unrelated cards; later spacing is set by the review scheduler. Every card uses the tag persian.

Standard spellings keep their standard readings: خانه is khaane, while explicitly colloquial خونه is khune; likewise نان naan / نون nun and آنها aanhaa / اونا unaa. آره aare is an informal yes. Polite and familiar you are distinguished. Short contexts select meanings of ambiguous spellings such as شیر (milk as a drink) and در (door as an object).

Sound aids are approximate, not IPA, reversible letter transliteration, or audio. a ≈ cat; e ≈ bed; o is a short pure o; aa ≈ father (a back vowel); i ≈ machine; u ≈ food. sh ≈ ship; ch ≈ chair; kh is like ch in Scots loch; gh is a voiced sound made at the back of the mouth, with no exact English equivalent; y ≈ yes; j ≈ jam; g is always hard. An apostrophe marks a brief catch before d in ba'dan; both a sounds use the short vowel. Stress and fine sound differences are not marked. Persian words read right to left; short vowels are usually unwritten.

Selected production cards help recall useful greetings, polite requests, pronouns, places and objects. There is no automatic reversal of every word, exhaustive vocabulary or alphabet course, grammar syllabus, audio or listening assessment, literary Persian, Dari or Tajik coverage, exam alignment, or promise of reading or conversation mastery. An English answer on a recognition card is the selected sense, not a claim that a word has only one meaning.

AI-assisted original selection, prompts, answers, contexts, organization and generated cover by Flashcards Open Source App. Individual language facts and script/register guidance were checked with UT Austin Persian Online and dictionary entries. No course prose, source examples, protected vocabulary inventory, third-party image or private learner collection was copied. CC0 applies only to our original wording, organization, metadata and generated media to the extent applicable rights exist; language facts and referenced sources retain their own status. Independent educational material; no affiliation with or endorsement by the referenced institutions.

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  1. Carta 1

    Domanda

    Persian script: which direction do you read words?

    Risposta

    From right to left.

    Numbers inside Persian text can follow a different direction. This deck uses modern Iranian Persian spellings.

  2. Carta 2

    Domanda

    Persian script: are short vowel sounds normally all written?

    Risposta

    No. Short vowels are usually left unwritten.

    Learn a word’s script together with its sound. Back-side Latin letters here are approximate sound aids, not IPA or a reversible letter transliteration; they cannot replace audio.

  3. Carta 3

    Domanda

    Persian → English: سلام

    Risposta

    Hello.

    Pronunciation aid: salaam.

    Use as a general greeting.

  4. Carta 4

    Domanda

    Persian → English: خداحافظ

    Risposta

    Goodbye.

    Pronunciation aid: khodaahaafez.

    Use when parting.

  5. Carta 5

    Domanda

    Persian → English: بله

    Risposta

    Yes.

    Pronunciation aid: bale.

    A neutral or polite yes.

  6. Carta 6

    Domanda

    Persian → English: نه

    Risposta

    No.

    Pronunciation aid: na.

    A basic negative reply.

  7. Carta 7

    Domanda

    Persian → English: لطفاً

    Risposta

    Please.

    Pronunciation aid: lotfan.

    Example: آب، لطفاً. — Water, please.

  8. Carta 8

    Domanda

    Persian → English: ممنونم

    Risposta

    Thank you.

    Pronunciation aid: mamnunam.

    A common expression of thanks; literally, I am grateful.

  9. Carta 9

    Domanda

    Persian → English: ببخشید

    Risposta

    Excuse me; sorry.

    Pronunciation aid: bebakhshid.

    Use to get someone’s attention politely or apologize for a small mistake.

  10. Carta 10

    Domanda

    Persian → English: خوب

    Risposta

    Good; well.

    Pronunciation aid: khub.

    Example: خوب است. — It is good. This is the standard written form of the sentence.

  11. Carta 11

    Domanda

    Persian → English: این

    Risposta

    This; this one.

    Pronunciation aid: in.

    Example: این کتاب — this book.

  12. Carta 12

    Domanda

    Persian → English: آن

    Risposta

    That; that one (standard written form).

    Pronunciation aid: aan.

    Often اون, un, in ordinary colloquial Iranian Persian. The written word here is read aan.

  13. Carta 13

    Domanda

    Persian → English: آره

    Risposta

    Yes (informal).

    Pronunciation aid: aare.

    Colloquial Iranian Persian; بله, bale, is more neutral or polite.

  14. Carta 14

    Domanda

    English → Persian: hello (general greeting)

    Risposta

    سلام

    Pronunciation aid: salaam.

    Use when meeting someone.

  15. Carta 15

    Domanda

    English → Persian: please (polite request word)

    Risposta

    لطفاً

    Pronunciation aid: lotfan.

    Also commonly written لطفا without the final diacritic.

  16. Carta 16

    Domanda

    English → Persian: thank you (use ‘I am grateful’)

    Risposta

    ممنونم

    Pronunciation aid: mamnunam.

    متشکرم, moteshakkeram, is another standard way to thank someone.

  17. Carta 17

    Domanda

    English → Persian: excuse me (politely get attention)

    Risposta

    ببخشید

    Pronunciation aid: bebakhshid.

    For example, before asking a stranger a question.

  18. Carta 18

    Domanda

    English → Persian: yes (neutral or polite)

    Risposta

    بله

    Pronunciation aid: bale.

    Informal آره, aare, also means yes, but is less suitable for this cue.

  19. Carta 19

    Domanda

    English → Persian: no (basic reply)

    Risposta

    نه

    Pronunciation aid: na.

    For a short negative answer.

  20. Carta 20

    Domanda

    English → Persian: goodbye (general farewell)

    Risposta

    خداحافظ

    Pronunciation aid: khodaahaafez.

    Use when leaving.

  21. Carta 21

    Domanda

    Persian → English: من

    Risposta

    I; me.

    Pronunciation aid: man.

    Example: من اینجا هستم. — I am here.

  22. Carta 22

    Domanda

    Persian → English: تو

    Risposta

    You (one person, familiar).

    Pronunciation aid: to.

    Use with a friend or someone you address familiarly; شما is the polite alternative.

  23. Carta 23

    Domanda

    Persian → English: شما

    Risposta

    You (polite singular or plural).

    Pronunciation aid: shomaa.

    Use for several people, or respectfully for one person.

  24. Carta 24

    Domanda

    Persian → English: او

    Risposta

    He; she (standard written form).

    Pronunciation aid: u.

    Persian does not distinguish he and she in this pronoun.

  25. Carta 25

    Domanda

    Persian → English: ما

    Risposta

    We; us.

    Pronunciation aid: maa.

    Example: ما اینجا هستیم. — We are here.

  26. Carta 26

    Domanda

    Persian → English: آنها

    Risposta

    They; them (standard written form).

    Pronunciation aid: aanhaa.

    A colloquial form is اونا, unaa. Do not read the standard spelling as unaa.

  27. Carta 27

    Domanda

    Persian → English: دوست

    Risposta

    Friend.

    Pronunciation aid: dust.

    Example: دوست من — my friend.

  28. Carta 28

    Domanda

    Persian → English: خانواده

    Risposta

    Family.

    Pronunciation aid: khaanevaade.

    Example: خانوادهٔ من — my family.

  29. Carta 29

    Domanda

    Persian → English: مادر

    Risposta

    Mother (standard noun).

    Pronunciation aid: maadar.

    مامان, maamaan, is the familiar word mum/mom.

  30. Carta 30

    Domanda

    Persian → English: پدر

    Risposta

    Father (standard noun).

    Pronunciation aid: pedar.

    بابا, baabaa, is the familiar word dad.

  31. Carta 31

    Domanda

    Persian → English: بچه

    Risposta

    Child; kid.

    Pronunciation aid: bache.

    A common everyday noun for a child.

  32. Carta 32

    Domanda

    Persian → English: اونا

    Risposta

    They; them (colloquial).

    Pronunciation aid: unaa.

    Ordinary spoken Iranian Persian; standard written آنها is aanhaa.

  33. Carta 33

    Domanda

    English → Persian: I (subject pronoun)

    Risposta

    من

    Pronunciation aid: man.

    Example: من دانشجو هستم. — I am a student.

  34. Carta 34

    Domanda

    English → Persian: you (address one stranger politely)

    Risposta

    شما

    Pronunciation aid: shomaa.

    The same pronoun also addresses several people.

  35. Carta 35

    Domanda

    English → Persian: we (subject pronoun)

    Risposta

    ما

    Pronunciation aid: maa.

    Example: ما آماده هستیم. — We are ready.

  36. Carta 36

    Domanda

    English → Persian: friend (one person)

    Risposta

    دوست

    Pronunciation aid: dust.

    Example: یک دوست — one friend.

  37. Carta 37

    Domanda

    Persian → English: آب

    Risposta

    Water.

    Pronunciation aid: aab.

    Example: آب سرد — cold water.

  38. Carta 38

    Domanda

    Persian → English: چای

    Risposta

    Tea.

    Pronunciation aid: chaay.

    Example: چای گرم — warm tea.

  39. Carta 39

    Domanda

    Persian → English: نان

    Risposta

    Bread (standard written form).

    Pronunciation aid: naan.

    The everyday spoken form نون is nun; this standard spelling is read naan.

  40. Carta 40

    Domanda

    Persian → English: برنج

    Risposta

    Rice.

    Pronunciation aid: berenj.

    Example: برنج و مرغ — rice and chicken.

  41. Carta 41

    Domanda

    Persian → English: پنیر

    Risposta

    Cheese.

    Pronunciation aid: panir.

    Example: نان و پنیر — bread and cheese.

  42. Carta 42

    Domanda

    Persian → English: تخم‌مرغ

    Risposta

    Egg (hen’s egg).

    Pronunciation aid: tokhm-e morgh.

    An ordinary food word; also written تخم مرغ.

  43. Carta 43

    Domanda

    Persian → English: سیب

    Risposta

    Apple.

    Pronunciation aid: sib.

    Example: یک سیب — one apple.

  44. Carta 44

    Domanda

    Persian → English: شیر (as a drink)

    Risposta

    Milk.

    Pronunciation aid: shir.

    This spelling also has other meanings, including lion and tap/faucet; the drink context selects milk.

  45. Carta 45

    Domanda

    Persian → English: گوشت

    Risposta

    Meat.

    Pronunciation aid: gusht.

    Use for meat as food; the word alone does not specify the animal.

  46. Carta 46

    Domanda

    Persian → English: مرغ (as food)

    Risposta

    Chicken.

    Pronunciation aid: morgh.

    For example: مرغ و برنج — chicken and rice. In other contexts مرغ can refer to a hen or bird.

  47. Carta 47

    Domanda

    Persian → English: نمک

    Risposta

    Salt.

    Pronunciation aid: namak.

    Example: کمی نمک — a little salt.

  48. Carta 48

    Domanda

    Persian → English: صبحانه

    Risposta

    Breakfast.

    Pronunciation aid: sobhaane.

    Example: وقت صبحانه — breakfast time.

  49. Carta 49

    Domanda

    Persian → English: غذا

    Risposta

    Food; a meal.

    Pronunciation aid: ghazaa.

    Example: غذای گرم — hot food.

  50. Carta 50

    Domanda

    Persian → English: نون

    Risposta

    Bread (colloquial).

    Pronunciation aid: nun.

    Ordinary spoken Iranian Persian. Standard written نان is naan.

  51. Carta 51

    Domanda

    English → Persian: water, please (short request)

    Risposta

    آب، لطفاً.

    Pronunciation aid: aab, lotfan.

    A simple request when choosing a drink.

  52. Carta 52

    Domanda

    English → Persian: breakfast (the meal)

    Risposta

    صبحانه

    Pronunciation aid: sobhaane.

    Use for the morning meal.

  53. Carta 53

    Domanda

    English → Persian: milk (the drink)

    Risposta

    شیر

    Pronunciation aid: shir.

    The drink cue distinguishes it from other words with the same spelling.

  54. Carta 54

    Domanda

    English → Persian: bread (standard written noun)

    Risposta

    نان

    Pronunciation aid: naan.

    Colloquial نون, nun, is common in speech; the cue asks for standard spelling.

  55. Carta 55

    Domanda

    Persian → English: خانه

    Risposta

    House; home (standard written form).

    Pronunciation aid: khaane.

    The colloquial form خونه is khune. Keep this spelling and its standard reading together.

  56. Carta 56

    Domanda

    Persian → English: اتاق

    Risposta

    Room.

    Pronunciation aid: otaagh.

    Example: اتاق کوچک — a small room.

  57. Carta 57

    Domanda

    Persian → English: خیابان

    Risposta

    Street; avenue.

    Pronunciation aid: khiyaabaan.

    Example: این خیابان — this street.

  58. Carta 58

    Domanda

    Persian → English: کجا

    Risposta

    Where?

    Pronunciation aid: kojaa.

    Example: کجا هستید؟ — Where are you? (polite or plural).

  59. Carta 59

    Domanda

    Persian → English: مغازه

    Risposta

    Shop; store.

    Pronunciation aid: maghaaze.

    Example: مغازهٔ کوچک — a small shop.

  60. Carta 60

    Domanda

    Persian → English: بازار

    Risposta

    Market; bazaar.

    Pronunciation aid: baazaar.

    Example: بازار نزدیک است. — The market is nearby.

  61. Carta 61

    Domanda

    Persian → English: بیمارستان

    Risposta

    Hospital.

    Pronunciation aid: bimaarestaan.

    Standard pronunciation shown; colloquial bimaarestun is also heard.

  62. Carta 62

    Domanda

    Persian → English: داروخانه

    Risposta

    Pharmacy.

    Pronunciation aid: daarukhaane.

    Example: داروخانه باز است. — The pharmacy is open. Standard pronunciation shown.

  63. Carta 63

    Domanda

    English → Persian: where? (question word)

    Risposta

    کجا؟

    Pronunciation aid: kojaa.

    For a full place question: کجاست؟ — Where is it?

  64. Carta 64

    Domanda

    Persian → English: خونه

    Risposta

    House; home (colloquial).

    Pronunciation aid: khune.

    Ordinary spoken Iranian Persian. Standard written خانه is khaane.

  65. Carta 65

    Domanda

    Persian → English: ایستگاه

    Risposta

    Station; stop (for transport).

    Pronunciation aid: istgaah.

    Example: ایستگاه اتوبوس — bus stop.

  66. Carta 66

    Domanda

    Persian → English: نزدیک

    Risposta

    Near; nearby.

    Pronunciation aid: nazdik.

    Example: نزدیک بازار — near the market.

  67. Carta 67

    Domanda

    English → Persian: pharmacy (standard written noun)

    Risposta

    داروخانه

    Pronunciation aid: daarukhaane.

    A place to obtain medicines; standard reading shown.

  68. Carta 68

    Domanda

    English → Persian: home / house (standard written noun)

    Risposta

    خانه

    Pronunciation aid: khaane.

    Colloquial خونه, khune, is common in speech; the cue asks for standard spelling.

  69. Carta 69

    Domanda

    Persian → English: اینجا

    Risposta

    Here.

    Pronunciation aid: injaa.

    Example: اینجا خوب است. — It is good here.

  70. Carta 70

    Domanda

    English → Persian: where is the hospital? (standard written question)

    Risposta

    بیمارستان کجاست؟

    Pronunciation aid: bimaarestaan kojaast.

    کجاست combines کجا (where) with است (is).

  71. Carta 71

    Domanda

    Persian → English: روز

    Risposta

    Day.

    Pronunciation aid: ruz.

    Example: یک روز — one day.

  72. Carta 72

    Domanda

    Persian → English: شب

    Risposta

    Night.

    Pronunciation aid: shab.

    Example: شب سرد — a cold night.

  73. Carta 73

    Domanda

    Persian → English: صبح

    Risposta

    Morning.

    Pronunciation aid: sobh.

    Example: صبح زود — early in the morning.

  74. Carta 74

    Domanda

    Persian → English: عصر

    Risposta

    Late afternoon; early evening.

    Pronunciation aid: asr.

    An approximate part of the day, not a fixed clock time.

  75. Carta 75

    Domanda

    Persian → English: امروز

    Risposta

    Today.

    Pronunciation aid: emruz.

    Example: امروز اینجا هستم. — I am here today.

  76. Carta 76

    Domanda

    Persian → English: فردا

    Risposta

    Tomorrow.

    Pronunciation aid: fardaa.

    Example: فردا می‌آیم. — I will come tomorrow. Standard written sentence.

  77. Carta 77

    Domanda

    Persian → English: دیروز

    Risposta

    Yesterday.

    Pronunciation aid: diruz.

    Example: دیروز اینجا بودم. — I was here yesterday.

  78. Carta 78

    Domanda

    Persian → English: الان

    Risposta

    Now; right now.

    Pronunciation aid: alaan.

    Example: الان نه. — Not now.

  79. Carta 79

    Domanda

    Persian → English: بعداً

    Risposta

    Later.

    Pronunciation aid: ba'dan; the apostrophe marks a brief catch before d, and both a sounds use the short vowel.

    Also commonly written بعدا without the final diacritic.

  80. Carta 80

    Domanda

    Persian → English: هفته

    Risposta

    Week.

    Pronunciation aid: hafte.

    Example: یک هفته — one week.

  81. Carta 81

    Domanda

    Persian → English: سال

    Risposta

    Year.

    Pronunciation aid: saal.

    Example: یک سال — one year.

  82. Carta 82

    Domanda

    Persian → English: دقیقه

    Risposta

    Minute (unit of time).

    Pronunciation aid: daghighe.

    Example: پنج دقیقه — five minutes.

  83. Carta 83

    Domanda

    English → Persian: today (this day)

    Risposta

    امروز

    Pronunciation aid: emruz.

    Example: امروز وقت دارم. — I have time today.

  84. Carta 84

    Domanda

    English → Persian: tomorrow (the next day)

    Risposta

    فردا

    Pronunciation aid: fardaa.

    Example: فردا وقت دارم. — I have time tomorrow.

  85. Carta 85

    Domanda

    Persian → English: کتاب

    Risposta

    Book.

    Pronunciation aid: ketaab.

    Example: این کتاب — this book.

  86. Carta 86

    Domanda

    Persian → English: خودکار (on a writing desk)

    Risposta

    Pen (writing instrument).

    Pronunciation aid: khodkaar.

    In other contexts خودکار also means automatic; this noun use means pen.

  87. Carta 87

    Domanda

    Persian → English: کاغذ

    Risposta

    Paper.

    Pronunciation aid: kaaghaz.

    Example: یک برگ کاغذ — one sheet of paper.

  88. Carta 88

    Domanda

    Persian → English: کلید

    Risposta

    Key (for a lock).

    Pronunciation aid: kelid.

    Example: کلید خانه — the house key.

  89. Carta 89

    Domanda

    Persian → English: تلفن

    Risposta

    Telephone; phone.

    Pronunciation aid: telefon.

    Example: شمارهٔ تلفن — telephone number.

  90. Carta 90

    Domanda

    Persian → English: کیف (for carrying belongings)

    Risposta

    Bag (everyday carrying bag).

    Pronunciation aid: kif.

    The exact kind of bag depends on context.

  91. Carta 91

    Domanda

    Persian → English: میز

    Risposta

    Table; desk.

    Pronunciation aid: miz.

    Example: روی میز — on the table.

  92. Carta 92

    Domanda

    Persian → English: صندلی

    Risposta

    Chair.

    Pronunciation aid: sandali.

    Example: این صندلی — this chair.

  93. Carta 93

    Domanda

    Persian → English: در (a household object)

    Risposta

    Door.

    Pronunciation aid: dar.

    The same spelling can also be a preposition meaning in/at; the object cue selects door.

  94. Carta 94

    Domanda

    Persian → English: پنجره

    Risposta

    Window.

    Pronunciation aid: panjere.

    Example: پنجره باز است. — The window is open.

  95. Carta 95

    Domanda

    English → Persian: book (a thing to read)

    Risposta

    کتاب

    Pronunciation aid: ketaab.

    Example: یک کتاب — one book.

  96. Carta 96

    Domanda

    English → Persian: key (for opening a door)

    Risposta

    کلید

    Pronunciation aid: kelid.

    Example: کلید در — the door key.

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Persian Vocabulary Flashcards: Everyday Words and Short Exchanges

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