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SubjectDate Asked
Tattoo translation1/31/2012
  Q: I am wanting to get a tattoo of my favorite song lyrics written in Persian as my name has Persian ...
  A: Greeting, The translation is: ما راه ...
persian script6/25/2011
  Q: I have this embossed copper/brass table with beautiful writing and it seems to be a type of ancient ...
  A: The writing is in Persian language as you guessed. It was a poem. By looking the picture you sent I ...
Farsi sentence2/26/2011
  Q: Could you please translate the following sentence for me: مدرسه ...
  A: Salam your translation is right. Wouldn't there be a better school than here that you could go to? ...
Farsi sentence2/25/2011
  Q: Could you please translate the following sentence for me: مدرسه ...
  A: The translation is: Wouldn't there be a better school that you go there? بری is ...
Town in Iran?2/22/2011
  Q: An Iranian friend sent me a photo of a road sign from Iran (I have the photo and can email it to ...
  A: I have heard a small town in south of Iran ( near Booshehr) called "fuck" فاک . I ...
Names in Persian2/5/2011
  Q: I understand that you insert an eza:fe between the first name and surname in Persian. However, I ...
  A: Eza:fe in Persian comes between two words like adjective and its noun or the noun acts as an ...
TRANSLATION12/16/2010
  Q: would like to request for your help in providing translation of the phrase "with no regrets" in ...
  A: Greeting Sorry for my delay to answer your question. My computer has some technical problems. "With ...
Guide me as I cross (or ‘am crossing’) the road.’10/11/2010
  Q: Please could you translate the sentence ‘Guide me as I cross (or ‘am crossing’) the road.’ into ...
  A: CORRECTION Dear Simon, As has some meanings in Persian. As= همان ...
University: “faculty” and “department” in Persian10/9/2010
  Q: I do hope all is well with you and your family. How do you say “faculty” and “department” in ...
  A: I am ok. Sorry for my delay to reply your mail. The network connection doesn't work well and also i ...
Sistan and Baluchestan9/29/2010
  Q: Re Sistan and Baluchestan, which part is Sistan (the northeast?) and which part is Baluchestan (the ...
  A: Sistan is called the north and Baluchestan is called the south of the province of Sistan and ...
Persian for ‘hulls’9/1/2010
  Q: I was looking over some of your excellent answers and realized that I had forgotten to ask ...
  A: We say to seed hulls پوست تخمه (with ezafe between ...
بیابند - pronunciation8/30/2010
  Q: Please, how do you pronounce بیابند? beyaaband or biyaaband? ...
  A: بیابند is pronounced (biya:band). In Persian, when each letter ...
یه هوا بددله8/29/2010
  Q: This is something I recently heard on TV. It sounded like ‘یه هوا ...
  A: You have heard right. یه هوا بد دله is ...
Persian for 'bathrobe'8/25/2010
  Q: Greetings Asha, Bathrobes are usually (but not always) white and you put them on after a bath so ...
  A: ده مهارت زیبایی is the ...
Persian for 'bathrobe'8/24/2010
  Q: Greetings Asha, Bathrobes are usually (but not always) white and you put them on after a bath so ...
  A: Greeting مهارتهای ...
Persian for 'bathrobe'8/23/2010
  Q: Greetings Asha, Bathrobes are usually (but not always) white and you put them on after a bath so ...
  A: In Persian we say "howle" حوله to all clothes we get dry with them. ...
self-respect8/21/2010
  Q: What is the Persian for self-respect, please? Do you have a word that sounds like ‘shevaafat’ – ...
  A: In Persian there are a few words that show self-respect. The word you mentioned is not "shevaafar". ...
به هم ریخته8/14/2010
  Q: Greetings Asha, Here's something of general use (I think), an expression I imagine you use a lot in ...
  A: I checked the site you had found روزهای به ...
Rumi translation8/2/2010
  Q: I am a very big fan of Rumi and I was hoping you could translate a piece of one of his poems into ...
  A: Greeting, In Iran, we say "مولانا" "Mowlana" to Rumi. He is one ...
مرد هزارچهره7/26/2010
  Q: This is, I think, a very important point of Persian grammar, so hopefully it will be useful to ...
  A: You are very tender as I said you before. In the example you gave, مرد ...
hasrat7/23/2010
  Q: salam lotfan be man begid hasrat be english chi mishe joz regret? chon regret manie pashimuni ham ...
  A: salam "hasrat" 2 kalame dar engilisi darad. agar masale manande footbal bi ahamiyat bashad ...
The human back (in Persian)7/6/2010
  Q: This is another question that I think will be generally useful. What do you call the human back in ...
  A: I couldn't open the image you sent me as a link. In Persian کمر is the same ...
Translation pretty please..6/30/2010
  Q: I'm sorry to bother you, but could you translate this saying for me? 'Even our misfortunes are part ...
  A: The translation is: ناکامی ها هم ...
“a rough sea” and “a calm sea”6/24/2010
  Q: Another thing I thought would be generally useful: How do you say “a rough sea” and “a calm sea”, ...
  A: Greeting Calm sea is دریای آرام darya: ye ...
I am going to have my haircut5/27/2010
  Q: Here is another item which I think will be generally useful. How do you say 'I am going to have my ...
  A: The translation of your sentence is: می خواهم ...
I am tired etc.5/19/2010
  Q: I thought this would be a good question to ask on AllExperts as I am sure that your answer will be ...
  A: In colloquial Persian: I am tired = خستم khastam You are tired = ...
what is "teacher?"4/14/2010
  Q: I would like to know what the main language and dialects are in Iran as well as: How do you say ...
  A: Greeting, In Iran, we speak Persian. We have different dialects and accents. Lori, Kurdi, Esfahani, ...
Translation from english to persian3/14/2010
  Q: i was wondering if you would be able to translate "nothing in life worth having comes easy" for a ...
  A: The sentence you want for a tattoo is long in Persian. Its translation is: har chizi dar zendegi ke ...
Pronounce Arabic words in English2/28/2010
  Q: I need to know the Arabic word for the English words listed blow. But if you put it in Arabic script ...
  A: Greeting; I am not Arab but know a little Arabic so I will translate the words you wanted. 1. tooth ...
Translating2/1/2010
  Q: i would like to get a tattoo of my nieces' name but i would like it in Arabic or Persian writing ...
  A: You can't write her name in Arabic because of in Arabic there is not "G" sound. In Persian writing ...
Farsi12/28/2009
  Q: I'm working on a design for a full scale mural at our college and part of it has the words ...
  A: Greeting I can translate " Beautiful Progression" to Persian (Farsi) because of my native language ...
سرکش12/22/2009
  Q: Greetings Mojtaba, Please, what is the exact meaning of کش in ...
  A: Greeting Merry chricmas I'm not Mojtaba as you wish! I don't know why I recieved Mojtaba's mail! I'm ...
How to say Lion of Kabul10/9/2009
  Q: I am attempting to find an Americanized version of how to say "fire" and "Lion of Kabul" in Farsi ...
  A: Fire means Atash that is pronouced ( A:tash) and if it is verb means Atash kardan ( a:tash ...
persian dialects5/16/2009
  Q: My parents were from the Urmia area in the 1900's and they spoke a persian dialect (I'm not sure of ...
  A: Greeting I can't undrestand about Targoom or Targoon or other spell. Is it a name of a place? or a ...
tattoo3/12/2009
  Q: im thinking of getting a tattoo of my star sign (taurus) in iranian writing, but cant find a picture ...
  A: Greeting Sorry for my delay to respound you. I'm a little busy since Our new year is coming. Do you ...
paarse1/18/2009
  Q: سلام. در فرهنگ ...
  A: سلام نام پارس ...
A translation from Farsi to English for class.12/13/2008
  Q: I need some help finding the English translation for three words that are in Farsi. These words are ...
  A: Two words of 3 words you sent to me are wrong in pronunciation. I think they are: khorma korsi ( ...
More of the autobiographical text10/19/2008
  Q: Many thanks – it’s becoming much easier now. As for the man who wrote this, well, the truth is that ...
  A: Your translation is correct. My right is written as: حقم . در ...
More on the text10/18/2008
  Q: Please could you help me a bit more with the text I asked you about the time before last? I can't ...
  A: I remember the text you wrote to me. It was about a forign man who imgrated to Iran and had hard ...
دويست10/16/2008
  Q: Again, many thanks for the excellent help you gave me recently. Please see ...
  A: I'm glad to know that you are very serious in learning Persian Language and you are very careful ...
Problematic excerpt10/12/2008
  Q: I'm trying to improve my Persian by getting in plenty of reading practice; at the moment I'm reading ...
  A: I'm glad to hear about you again. I'm a woman. My real name is Ashraf. It is used in Iran as a ...
دشت كوير8/10/2008
  Q: With regard to دشت كوير Dasht-e-Kavir, it’s translated as ...
  A: "Dasht e Kavir" is the name of a desert in Iran. "Dasht" in Persian language means: any flat places, ...
persian writing7/18/2008
  Q: so im planning on getting a tattoo of my middle name and its meaning. my middle name is roya and it ...
  A: As I undrestood, You want to know the translation of (dream and vision) in Persian. You mentioned on ...
Chehel Mi:na:r5/31/2008
  Q: Hope all is well. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis Chehel Mi:na:r is an ...
  A: Sorry for my late to answer your question. My computer has beed damaged. People called Perspolice ...
an old word5/7/2008
  Q: I want a good "old" word related to moneymatter like money, capital, wealth.. Suppose I want it as a ...
  A: Greeting I looked for some old words that related to moneymatter, as you wanted. I found some words ...
khatte iranian pish az eslam3/31/2008
  Q: salam, lotfan man ra rahnamaii namaiid ke khatte iranian ya khatte zabane farsi ghabl az eslam be ...
  A: salam khate iranian ghabl az eslam khate pahlavi sasani boode. khati ke az khate Arami eghtebas ...
avshar or afshar3/11/2008
  Q: Is there a Persian word avshar or afshar or something like that? Please write it in Persian for me. ...
  A: At first I should apologize you to answer your male late. As you know our new year is coming and I ...
Names2/27/2008
  Q: We've made friends with some Persians called Reza and Afsaneh Parmour. Please could you write the ...
  A: Do you mean that I should write "Reza and Afsaneh" names inPersian font? رضا - ...
Translation12/12/2007
  Q: How would you write and pronounce free/freedom in Persia? ANSWER: Greeting Free= Azaad Freedom= ...
  A: Azaad= آزاد A at the first pronunced "a" as in car. Z pronunced as in ...
a phrase into farsi12/9/2007
  Q: recognition of credentials - how to say it in Farsi? tks.
  A: Greeting: recognition of credentials meens, shenakht e etebaar e darsi. sh as in "share" / e as in ...
to (spelt teh-vav)7/12/2007
  Q: Greetings Asha, In Persian, I believe you have two words for “you”: “to” (spelt teh-vav) for one ...
  A: At first I should apologize you for my late to answer your question. I had to go out of my city and ...
Malabar7/11/2007
  Q: I am writing a book about the history of Malabar in Sydney (which is related to Malabar in India). ...
  A: Greetings I'm so sorry for my late to answer your question. My father had a bad accident out of my ...
bar? barr?6/27/2007
  Q: Do you have a word like "bar" meaning "kingdom", please? I think it's used in a lot of place names. ...
  A: I remember one Iranian town which called"ROODBAR". BAR in these words ( MALABAR & ROODBAR) acts as a ...
bar? barr?6/24/2007
  Q: Do you have a word like "bar" meaning "kingdom", please? I think it's used in a lot of place names. ...
  A: There is "bar" in Persian language but it doesn't mean kingdom. Sometimes it's used as a suffix. ...
Persia2/23/2007
  Q: Greetings, I understand that sometime last century (when exactly?) the name of Persia was changed ...
  A: Greeeting Sorry for my delay to reply, I had some technical problems with my connection. Persia is ...
Arian Band1/20/2007
  Q: I'm only looking for a translation of the lyrics. The specific song I'm looking to have translated ...
  A: Here under is what you asked for but considered that is only some definition of the lyric. I tried ...

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