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  2. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    Etymology: modification of Persian بالم balam. a Persian-gulf boat holding about eight persons and propelled by paddles or poles. [ 22] Benami. Etymology:be (बे) means 'not'or 'without'.Hindi बेनाम benaam, from Persian بنام banaam in the name of + i. made, held, done, or transacted in the name of. [ 23] Bezoar.

  3. Persian vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Persian vocabulary. Persian belongs to the Indo-European language family, and many words in modern Persian usage ultimately originate from Proto-Indo-European. The language makes extensive use of word building techniques such as affixation and compounding to derive new words from roots. Persian has also had considerable contact with other ...

  4. Faravahar - Wikipedia

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    The New Persian word فروهر is read as foruhar or faravahar (pronounced as furōhar or furūhar in Classical Persian).The Middle Persian forms were frawahr (Book Pahlavi: plwʾhl, Manichaean: prwhr), frōhar (recorded in Pazend as 𐬟𐬭𐬋𐬵𐬀𐬭; it is a later form of the previous form), and fraward (Book Pahlavi: plwlt', Manichaean: frwrd), which was directly from Old Persian ...

  5. Persians - Wikipedia

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    The word paradise itself originates from Avestan pairidaēza (Old Persian paridaida; New Persian pardis, ferdows), which literally translates to "walled-around". Characterized by its quadripartite ( čārbāq ) design, the Persian garden was evolved and developed into various forms throughout history, [ 117 ] and was also adopted in various ...

  6. Paisley (design) - Wikipedia

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    Paisley (design) Shawl made in Paisley, Scotland, in imitation of Kashmir shawls, c. 1830. Paisley or paisley pattern is an ornamental textile design using the boteh ( Persian: بته) or buta, a teardrop-shaped motif with a curved upper end. Of Persian origin, paisley designs became popular in the West in the 18th and 19th centuries, following ...

  7. Old Persian - Wikipedia

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    Old Persian belongs to the Iranian language family, a branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, itself within the large family of Indo-European languages. The common ancestors of Indo-Iranians came from Central Asia sometime in the first half of the 2nd millennium BCE. The extinct and unattested Median language is another Old Iranian language ...

  8. Nowruz - Wikipedia

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    The word Nowruz is a combination of the Persian words نو (now, meaning 'new') and روز (ruz, 'day'). Pronunciation varies among Persian dialects, with Eastern dialects using the pronunciation [nawˈɾoːz] (as in Dari and Classical Persian, however in Tajik, it is navrūz , written наврӯз ), western dialects [nowˈɾuːz] , and ...

  9. Category:Persian words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    Kanarang. Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan. Khāne-takānī. Khawaja. Khoresh. Khosrow (word) Khuda Hafiz. Khwaday-Namag. Koh-i-Noor.