Persian Vocabulary: Family and friends

– Useful words you should know –

Want to learn the Persian language? Here’s a complete list of the most basic, common and useful words in Persian with their translation in English, on the topic of family and friends. Ideal to help you boost your Persian vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	PERSIAN	PRONUNCIATION
the great-grandfather	پدربزرگ	pederbserg
the great grandmother	مادربزرگ بزرگ	maderbeserg buzrag
the grandfather	پدربزرگ	pederbserg
the grandmother	مادربزرگ	maderbeserg
the grandson	نوه	noh
the granddaughter	نوه	noh
the grandchildren	نوه ها	noh hah
the father	پدر	pader
the mother	مادر	mather
the parents	پدر و مادر	pader wa mather
the child	کودک	koodak
the children	بچه ها	bacheh hah
the son	پسر	pasar
the daughter	دختر	dokhtar
a baby	یک نوزاد	yak nozad
a teenager	یک نوجوان	yak nojawan
the adults	بزرگسالان	bazorgosalan
the brother	برادر	brothers
the sister	خواهر	khawahir
half-brother	برادر ناتنی	brothers natani
half-sister	خواهر ناتنی	khawahir natani
a twin	یک دوقلو	yak doqlu
the uncle	عمو	amu
the aunt	خاله	khaleh
the cousin	پسر عمو	pasar amu
the nephew	برادرزاده	brothersodee
the niece	خواهرزاده	khawaharzadeh
a friend	یک دوست	yak doost
the boyfriend	دوست پسر	doost pasar
the girlfriend	دوست دختر	doost dokhtar
the fiancé	نامزد	namzad
the groom	داماد	damad
the husband	شوهر	shoher
the wife	همسر	hamsar
the parents-in-law	پدر و مادر	pader wa mather
father-in-law	پدرزش	pederses
the mother-in-law	مادر شوهر	mather shoher
the brother-in-law	برادر زن	brothers zan
the sister-in-law	خواهر زن	khawahir zan
the son-in-law	داماد	damad
the daughter-in-law	دختر دختر	dokhtar dokhtar
a family member	یکی از اعضای خانواده	yeki az aazai khanwade
adopted	اتخاذ	atkhaz
only son	تنها پسر	tanha pasar

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