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Hello everyone, In the song دختر بيا by داوود بهبودى (I looooove this song 😁) the singer sings بيا اى دخنر بيا بيا پيش مان بيا دختر بيا (.....) بيا جون من بيا The (......) is the missing part and I stopped trusting websites which provide lyrics because each one as its own version (some say...

This, apparently quite rare, word--would anyone have any idea of its origin. It seems not to be in the works I would normally consult for etymologies, Horn and Hübschmann

Hello to everyone, I can get the meaning of the sentence below but can't understand the usage of "شده" here. I heard the sentence in an Iranian TV Show and I hope I have heard it correctly. Your help will be much appreciated. "اگه تونستن هیچی اگه نتونستن شده با هزینه شخصی خودم میرم یه چاپخونه...

1 تردید نداشتم کسی تعقیبم می کند که مرا خوب می شناسد. 2 تردید نداشتم کسی تعقیبم می کرد که مرا خوب می شناخت. آیا تفاوتی بین معانی این دو جمله هست؟ به نظر من دومی می تواند با اولی هم معنی باشد و یا به این معنی باشد که من تردید نداشتم که پیشتر کسی تعقیبم می کرد که مرا خوب می شناخت در این...

نه تروم بُنگِت کُنُم نه خود میایی وای وای وای وای مصراعی است از ترانه ای به نام "قد بلند" که آن را هم پری زنگنه و هم کوروش یعمایی خوانده اند. ترانه به گمانم به زبان یا به گویش بختیاری است. ترانه ای محلی. بعضی چیزهای ترانه برایم نامفهوم است. کسی معنی این مصراع را می فهمد؟ بیشتر ترانه عملاً...

از نظر شما واژۀ "گندمگون" به چه معناست؟ راستش من خودم از این لغت استفاده نمی کنم. ظاهراً واژه نامه ها آن را معادل و هم معنای "سبزه" محسوب می کنند ولی به نظر من که بیش از چند بار این کلمه را نشنیده ام معنای آن در میان مردم و در افواح رنگ پوستی است اندکی روشن تر ازسبزه. نظر شما چیست؟ آیا خودتان از...

Friends, I would like to know what would be an accurate translation of the sentence: گور من در موضعی باشد که هر بهاری شمال بر من گل‌افشان می‌کند The background and context to this sentence is the work "Chahaar Maqaalah" by Nizami 'Aruzi in which he quotes this sentence, apparently uttered by...

زندانبانان بی رحمش مثل یک حیوان به او غذا می دادند. 1 2 زندانبانان بی رحمش مثل یک حیوان برایش غذا پرت می کردند. به نظر من جملۀ اول کاملاً صحیح و بی نقص است از جملۀ دوم خوشم نمی آید! البته قابل فهم است و به احتمال زیاد از این چیزها گفته می شود، ولی به نظر من معنی حقیقی این جمله این است که...

"آروق ناشتا" یعنی چه؟ با پوزش البته فکر می کنم می گویند یکی دارد از گشنگی رنح می برد و دیگری دارد آروق ناشتا می زند. و فکر می کنم این به معنای این است که کسی از سر سیری حرف مفت می زند. ولی مطمئن نیستم. با سپاس و با عذرخواهی مجدد از تاخوشآیند بودن سئوال

1) وقتی با مشت بر در کوبیدم، ناله ای شنیدم که به هیچ کلمه ای شباهت نداشت. لابد گفته بود "چیه." ولی آن قدر بد تلفظ کرده بود که لغت مفهوم نبود. آیا جملۀ نخست متن بالا از نظر شما منطقی است؟ برخی از دوستان می گویند که ناله اصلاً قرار نیست کلمه باشد و یا شبیه کلمه ای باشد و فقط صدایی است بی معنا...

When form the present tense of the verb 'to be' using conjugational endings with personal pronouns I have seen the following variations in various grammars : Thou are : توئِی / تویِی We are : مائِیم / مایِیم / ماایم you are : شُمائِید / شُمایِید / شُمااید They are : آنهایَند / آنهااَند Are all...

سلام به همگی Definitely being the biggest Iranian and Afghan songs fan in France :D I have got two Iranian songs I listen to in which I hear "او بردم مترس مترس سر کلکی" Any idea of its meaning? Ps: I actually typed on Google what I could grasp او بردم كلكى and it gave me the rest. خيلى تشكر

Hello, What is the rudest form of saying in Persian everything pisses me off / I'm sick of everything, please? I think there is a way of conveying this thought that involves the گ word - that would be most preferable. Thank you.

Friends, Amongst historical books in Urdu, one finds titles such as "daastaan-i-paastaan" and "taarix-i-iiraan-i-paastaan". Would the word "paastaan" be the older form of the word "baastaan" meaning "ancient" and the "p" has changed to a "b", just like the "p" in "asp" (horse) is now mainly "asb"?

Background: relevant entries in Platts Urdu-English Dictionary and Urdu Lughat Questions: What words are used for nectarine in Persian and Urdu? What exactly do آلو و شفتالو و زرد آلو و شلیل (listed in the entry for شلیل) correspond to in English? Plums, peaches, apricots, and nectarines…...

Background: The Urdu version of YouTube currently uses "سر گذشت" (incorrectly spelled as سر گزشت) for history, as in "watch history" and "search history". Entry in Platts: Urdu Lughat further mentions that سر گذشت can be used for autobiography, etc. Questions: Is the use of سر گذشت for...

درودها ... How is دَراویش a plural form of دَرویش (darveesh)? It appears the جمع شکسته rule applies here, but what is in fact that rule?

This word occurs in the dictionaries but how is it actually used? It is not the everyday word for 'son', is it?

.منیژه خواهر من نیست ولی از نظر من مثل خواهر من است .من به چشم خواهر به او نگاه می کنم 1 .من به چشم خواهری به او نگاه می کنم 2 .من به چشم برادر به او نگاه می کنم 3 .من به چشم برادری به او نگاه می کنم به چشم خواهر به او نگاه می کنم " بی گمان صحیح است. اما از میان سه گزینۀ دیگر از دیدگاه شما...

زروز گذر کردن اندیش کن - پرستیدن دادگر پیشه کن I read the first line of this couplet from Ferdôsi as: ze ruze gozar, kardan-andiŝ kon - parastidane dâdgar piŝé kon/"In passing days, do contemplate/ponder and occupy them with worshipping the justice giver (just judge/god)" So...

Hello, How should I translate the following in English, as it appears in the emblem of this center? مرکز وکلا، کارشناسان رسمی و مشاوران خانواده قوه قضاییه My try: The Center for Lawyers, Official Experts, and Family Advisors of the Judiciary Thanks!

Friends, The following is a couplet from a Hafiz Ghazal. دردم از یارست و درمان نیزهم دل فدای او شد و جان نیزهم Is there a subtle difference between نیز and ھم? If yes, what is it please?

Friends, The following is by طغرای مشهدی من و ذوق باده نوشی، ز ایاغ صبحگاهی گل نغمه تازه کردن، به دماغ صبحگاهی شب زلفت از کفم شد، به چه عمر زنده مانم؟ که رسید روز مرگم، چو چراغ صبحگاهی ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔ هر گل نغمه که خوناب دل از وی نچکد در سراپردة ساز غم ما محرم نیست فیاض لاهیجی What's the...

Hi! I had heard a certain Tajik song (and Tajik is very close to Persian as you know), probably a traditional song, but I have never been able to find its lyrics, the song itself nor even the name. But I am eager to know the meaning. You can listen to the song starting from 01:06 of a video...

Friends, Take a look at the following sentence. حسن بشھر آمد و بسینما رفت۔ Hasan came to town and went to the cinema. These two actions can be expressed with the following sentence. حسن بشھر آمدہ بسینما رفت۔ However, grammar books offer another option with the optional و "and". .حسن...

Hello I have to admit - I didn't make it far enough with my studies to truly understand the difference between the two aspects, but would appreciate a simple answer, if possible: :) How does the meaning change from dāram to medāram? Thanks.

Is autumn(fall) a secondary meaning of خزان, as its primary meaning must be خزان the present participle of the verb خزیدن "slither/crawl/creep along", meaning "slithering/crawling/creeping"? برگِ خزان/barge xazân means "crawling leaf", a description of a fallen leaf that slithers/crawls on the...

Friends, درختی [که کاشتم] سبز شد The tree that I planted took root. (became/turned green) درختی [که میوہ ندارد] مفید نیست A tree (any tree) that bears no fruit is not useful. درختی in both sentences appears to be identical yet in the first sentence the meaning is "The tree" and in the...

Friends, Hossein Hassanian-Esfahani in his Phd thesis enitled "Noun Phrase Structure in Modern Persian" (1981-page 103) provides the following sentence and deems it as ungrammatical. 1) پسری، که اسم خودشو نگفت، دنبالت میگشت۔ A boy, who didn't reveal his name, was looking for you. He...

Friends, Here is an example for both a restrictive clause and a non-restrictive clause. درختی که کاشتم سبز شد The tree that I planted came into leaf. (restrictive) درخت، که کاشتم، سبز شد The tree, that I planted, came into leaf. (non-restrictive) With a proper noun- احمد، که قرار بود فردا...

Friends, In her Phd thesis entitled "The Noun Phrase", Shadab Vajdi states that generic nouns do not take the particle را. This seems quite logical but I have come across a couple of examples in my readings that do have the partice را attached to them. جانی را مجازات میکنند Murderers are...

Friends, In my quest for understanding the true sense of the Persian enclitic suffix -ی commonly known as the "indefinite article", I came across a book by the late Iranian scholar and lexicographer, Dr. Mohammad Moin (1841-1971) called مفرد و جمع و معرفه و نکرہ. On page 245 of this book he...

Hi I know that mast is what you call a fermented milk drink / yogurt. But how exactly do you spell it in Persian given that you have >1 letters denoting both 's' and 't' sounds? Thanks

Hello, I didn't have an opportunity to ask the person who said it, but is there a Persian word that means "later" or "next", or "then", but sounds like badam (almond)? The emphasis seems to be on the first syllable, though. Thanks.

Persian: چهارطاق Hi guys, could you be so kind to help me clarify this sentence? خیابان شلوغ بود و در فروشگاهها چهارطاق I'm confused by this "chahartaq". Is it a toponym or does it refer to a characteristic of a place? Many thanks for your help. Aramesh

چو بر دانش خویش مهر آوری - خرد را ز تو بگسلد داوری Can I ask you to send your understanding/interpretation of these verses from شاهنامه, a piece of advice & consequences of not following it. I am a member of a WhatsApp group whose organisers regularly post snippets of شاهنامه in verse & story...

Friends, Here is a couplet from the Shah Naamah of Firdausi. نگه کرد هوشنگ باهوش و سنگ گرفتش یکی سنگ و شد تیز چنگ My question is this. What is the purpose of ش in گرفتش?

Why is it pronunced mushaira and not mushaara, when the original Perso Arabic word has a زبر/فتحہ on ع as in مُشَاعَرَہ? This is, for example, unike مقابلہ which is not pronounced muqaabila.

Friends, The following is from Sa'di's Gulistan. آن شنیدی که لاغری دانا گفت باری، به ابلهی فربه: اسبِ تازی و گر ضعیف بُوَد همچنان از طویله‌ٔ خر به In the older language فربه (fat) would be pronounced as "farbah" and not as "farbeh" as in the modern language. With this in mind فربه here is...

Friends, Muush-o-gurbah موش و گربه is a satire written by Obaid Zakani عبید زاکانی (died 1370). I am having difficulty in understanding the structure of one of the couplets, the meaning of which appears quite straight forward. روزی اندر شراب خانه شدی از برای شکار موشانا اندر شدن I think means...

I have a question about the compound verb "مرتکب شدن". I have come across it used both as "مرتکب چیزی شدن" and "چیزی را مرتکب شدن" The latter seems a little bit odd to me. Is it common to use the compound verbs formed with the verb "شدن" like this? I mean can we use these verbs (with "شدن")...

Hello, I am trying to understand the part "یه دستی به سر روش بکشی" in the sentence below, but I can not figure it out. Can you please help me out with this? Thank you very much in advance. " ? اگر یه مکانیک بودی, یه مسافر رد بشه و بخواد ماشین یه دستی به سر روش بکشی اون موقع حست و زندگیت چطور بود"

Greetings, با ولایت زنده ایم is a slogan from a banner; on the other side of the banner it says تا رزمنده ایم زنده ایم. I understand the latter as meaning "While we are alive we are militant" but what does با ولایت زنده ایم? I think ولایت is used in an unusual sense here, not meaning an...

Background: Urdu: گاہ تولا ہے گاہ ماشا ہے Attempt: طبعِ شما تماشائے عجب است گاہ من است، گاہ سیر است Questions: What would an appropriate Persian translation be for the quoted couplet? Are there equivalent or similar units of measure that could be used in Persian? Is there a similar...

Hello dear members, What does "Hele mali" (هى لى مالى؟ not sure how it is spelt) mean? I hear this expression in several Southern Iranian songs. خيلى ممنون

Background: various online sources suggest the definition to be someone who puts on a fake smile, who masks true feelings with a smile, etc. As discussed for irony, credit, etc. in the past, there are many words and concepts which are exquisitely portrayed in poetry, despite the fact that they...

Salaam o aadaab Foreros, I had a question with regard to the idea of lesser evils. Now that election season is rife in the States we will time and again come across the concept that you are seldom faced with the option of choosing between good and evil. Rather the options put forth are between...

Hi! I have recently started learning Farsi, and in studying the relationship of current phonemes to the phonemes of classical Persian, and the earliers stages, I noticed that now the sound /o/ can be rendered with both: an "unstable" vowel (a, e, o in Iranian Farsi) and the letter و (ex Cʷ in...

Hello, I am having trouble with the phrase "سر گرفته" in the below line of poetry of Hafez (the second part of the beyt I am generally struggling with). This is from Hafez ghazal #478. دل گشاده دار چون جام شراب سر گرفته چند چون خم دنی The first part of the line I think is something like...