Hey y’all. I like the Iranian word Shirzan, as I understand it means lioness. I would like to have it printed but I am wondering what calligraphy I should use. Can you help me confirm that both words mean shirzan, and also help me with your opinion on what is considered most beautiful/traditional? (as a westerner I think all writings in Farsi looks beautiful lol, but I would like a more nuanced view)

سلام Thanks in advance for your responses!

My family almost always say “Va” for “and” و and I’ve noticed in some Farsi learning materials they always transliterate it as “o.”

Most of my family are from Tehran originally.

Is this a Tehrani dialect difference? Or is this my family being especially formal? What do you usually say?

Hi everyone, im 21 years old and I’ve always wanted to learn Farsi fluently, but I never had time to learn until now (due to school/studying). What are some ways I can start learning? Pls don’t say ask my parents to teach me, bc whenever they do, it’s never consistent and I never learn anything bc I forget what they taught me. I want an app or website or videos or something I can actually learn from, and then once i learn I will start talking to my parents in it to practice talking, but I don’t want to learn directly from them. It’s such a big regret to me that they didn’t teach me growing up, I wish I knew so bad. I love being Persian, and to not know my own language breaks my heart. Thank you.

Hello, my persian friend's birthday is coming up so I wanna write happy birthday in farsi, however I don't know the difference between زادروزت خجسته and تولدت مبارک so I am not sure which one is more appropriate to write. Also, can I just write دوست عزیزم for "my dear friend"? Thank you in advance!

I've seen examples of all these three forms used to mean "to like doing something". Is there a difference in meaning between these forms? Thanks!

I know there are some differences between the two, but how big is the gap? Is it like Arabic where they're almost like two different languages? Or is it more like English where it's more a question of style and vocabulary?

All of the examples I've seen with ezafe put the noun first and then the adjective like کتاب سارا so why is the order مرکز شهر and not شهر مرکز ?

Hi/salam friends!

I am translating stoic books from english to farsi (entirely for myself and my family) but thinking about sharing it broadly if there's interest in it.

I just want to see if it's worth the effort of publishing it on Amazon/Kindle for others to consume as they wish. So let me know :)

P.s., this is not an attempt to monetize as there are better/less painful ways to do it 😄

I am an Afghan who can speak conversational Dari and am interested in learning to read Persian/ Farsi of all forms (Iranian, Afghan, and Tajik). I want to begin with Iranian and Afghan literature, and later learn Cyrillic script for Tajik, as I am already familiar with the alphabet due to studying Modern Standard Arabic growing up and being able to read the Quran. My Persian/ Farsi vocabulary, however, is quite limited as I wouldn't call myself fluent and am not interested in learning colloquial/ everyday spoken Iranian Farsi, but rather the more formal, written form which I've heard is similar to Dari anyway. Are there any courses/ resources for doing this/ how can I go about doing this? Would appreciate any help!

I am stuck on a flash card that doesn’t translate to anything else I find online. Any tips?

How do you say the different organs of the body? If there are 2 ways of saying a same organ and one has arabic influence I prefer the full persian one.

Thanks in advance :)

From what I've seen, words containing any of these letters are almost always of Arabic origin: ق ع ض ص ث ح ظ ط ذ.

My question is, are there words of Persian origin that make use of these letters? I've read on Wikipedia that صد uses ص to avoid confusion with شد (and likely not with سد since it's not a common word).

I like etymology so I'm curious!

I found الهه, but this sounds more like the female equivalent of الله, rather than a general word for goddess. I’m looking for the female equivalent of خدا.

Hello!

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I want to see my favorite poem in its original language. i was wondering if the poem on the right is the translation of the words on the left, and if so, could anyone type the letters/words in Farsi down? so that I can see its written in clear Farsi letters. Thank you so much!!

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Hi! As per the title I work with a young person from Afghanistan whom I am trying to support, the problem is I don’t speak Dari, and he does not speak English, he cannot read or write in Dari either.

My problem is that even though Microsoft Translate offers Dari, it does not offer Dari audio, which makes it unsuitable, however the app does offer Farsi, with Farsi audio. I’m not at work at the moment so cannot test this out with the young person, however I’m curious, are these two languages mutually understandable?

I did some googling and found that Dari and Farsi are similar?? Please let me know.

Hey so I’m Persian and I’m getting a calligraphy tattoo soon in Farsi. I want it to be along the lines of what you want is in your own hands. Or you are the key to everything. But I want it to be short like three or four words. Are there any sayings in Farsi similar to that?

I’ve noticed people usually say “joon”, whereas those who are from other regions say “jaan”. Is there really a difference?

Salam,

I am looking for someone who can help me learn speaking farsi. I am a complete beginner with language proficiency in Urdu, Hindi (both share a lot of words with farsi) and a few other languages...

Best.

I’m writing a song and want to say this, but in Farsi

I have the alphabet down, maybe 75%. I can sound things out very slowly as long as it's in the font that I recognize. Now, I'm trying to use the keyboard (on my iphone or computer), but it makes characters seemingly at random. I know there's a logic and system to it, but I don't know the code yet. And if I delete one letter of a word, the word completely changes rather than just getting shortened by that one letter.

Can someone explain what goes on with Farsi typing?