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About Persian
Persian (Farsi) has contributed thousands of words to Urdu, Turkish, and other languages.
Speakers
110+ million
Language Family
Indo-Iranian
Writing System
Perso-Arabic script (right-to-left)
Difficulty
Hard
Spoken in
Why Learn Persian?
Persian opens doors to rich poetry, history, and one of the world's oldest civilizations.
Common Persian Words
Start your Persian journey with these essential words and phrases.
سلام
Hello
sa-LAAM
متشکرم
Thank you
mo-ta-shak-ker-AM
لطفاً
Please
lot-FAN
بله
Yes
ba-LEH
نه
No
na
آب
Water
aab
غذا
Food
gha-ZAA
دوست
Friend
doost
عشق
Love
eshgh
خداحافظ
Goodbye
kho-daa-HAA-fez
خانه
House
KHAA-neh
کتاب
Book
ke-TAAB
History of Persian
Persian has been spoken for over 2,500 years, evolving from Old Persian of the Achaemenid Empire through Middle Persian (Pahlavi) to modern Farsi, Dari, and Tajik. Persian literature—Rumi, Hafez, Ferdowsi—is among the world's greatest. Persian was the language of culture from the Ottoman court to Mughal India.
Is Persian Hard to Learn?
Persian uses the Arabic script but is an Indo-European language, so grammar feels more familiar than Arabic. It has no grammatical gender, no noun cases, and relatively simple verb conjugations. Reading right-to-left and mastering the script are the main challenges.
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