These are the 100 most useful Persian words from our 1000-word beginner course - the vocabulary you will hear and use most often. Learn them first and you will understand a surprising amount of everyday Persian.
| # | Word | Persian |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the apple | سیب |
| 2 | the book | کتاب |
| 3 | the cat | گربه |
| 4 | the dog | سگ |
| 5 | the car | ماشین |
| 6 | the house | خانه |
| 7 | the chair | صندلی |
| 8 | the table | میز |
| 9 | the window | پنجره |
| 10 | the door | در |
| 11 | the pencil | مداد |
| 12 | the paper | کاغذ |
| 13 | the school | مدرسه |
| 14 | the teacher | معلم |
| 15 | the student | دانشآموز |
| 16 | the boy | پسر |
| 17 | the girl | دختر |
| 18 | the adult | بزرگسال |
| 19 | the friend | دوست |
| 20 | the tree | درخت |
| 21 | the flower | گل |
| 22 | the river | رودخانه |
| 23 | the mountain | کوه |
| 24 | the beach | ساحل |
| 25 | the sun | خورشید |
| 26 | the moon | ماه |
| 27 | the star | ستاره |
| 28 | the cloud | ابر |
| 29 | the rain | باران |
| 30 | the snow | برف |
| 31 | the wind | باد |
| 32 | the fire | آتش |
| 33 | the water | آب |
| 34 | the food | غذا |
| 35 | the drink | نوشیدنی |
| 36 | the cup | فنجان |
| 37 | the bottle | بطری |
| 38 | the plate | بشقاب |
| 39 | the spoon | قاشق |
| 40 | the fork | چنگال |
| 41 | the knife | چاقو |
| 42 | the breakfast | صبحانه |
| 43 | the lunch | ناهار |
| 44 | the dinner | شام |
| 45 | the fruit | میوه |
| 46 | the vegetable | سبزیجات |
| 47 | the bread | نان |
| 48 | the butter | کره |
| 49 | the cheese | پنیر |
| 50 | the milk | شیر |
| 51 | the coffee | قهوه |
| 52 | the tea | چای |
| 53 | the juice | آبمیوه |
| 54 | the soda | نوشابه |
| 55 | the chocolate | شکلات |
| 56 | the candy | آبنبات |
| 57 | the cookie | کلوچه |
| 58 | the cake | کیک |
| 59 | the rice | برنج |
| 60 | the pasta | پاستا |
| 61 | the fish | ماهی |
| 62 | the chicken | مرغ |
| 63 | the beef | گوشت گاو |
| 64 | the egg | تخممرغ |
| 65 | the soup | سوپ |
| 66 | the salad | سالاد |
| 67 | the sandwich | ساندویچ |
| 68 | the pizza | پیتزا |
| 69 | the ice cream | بستنی |
| 70 | the cereal | غلات صبحانه |
| 71 | the honey | عسل |
| 72 | the sugar | شکر |
| 73 | the salt | نمک |
| 74 | the pepper | فلفل |
| 75 | the tomato | گوجهفرنگی |
| 76 | the potato | سیبزمینی |
| 77 | the onion | پیاز |
| 78 | the carrot | هویج |
| 79 | the lettuce | کاهو |
| 80 | the cucumber | خیار |
| 81 | the banana | موز |
| 82 | the orange | پرتقال |
| 83 | the grapefruit | گریپفروت |
| 84 | the strawberry | توتفرنگی |
| 85 | the grape | انگور |
| 86 | the lemon | لیموترش |
| 87 | the lime | لیمو شیرازی |
| 88 | the cherry | گیلاس |
| 89 | the watermelon | هندوانه |
| 90 | the pineapple | آناناس |
| 91 | the mango | انبه |
| 92 | the kiwi | کیوی |
| 93 | the peach | هلو |
| 94 | the pear | گلابی |
| 95 | the plum | آلو |
| 96 | the berry | توت |
| 97 | the melon | خربزه |
| 98 | the phone | تلفن |
| 99 | the computer | کامپیوتر |
| 100 | the television | تلویزیون |
The 100 most frequent words cover about half of everyday spoken language. With the full 1000-word core vocabulary you understand around 85% of typical conversations in Persian - enough to follow along and make yourself understood.
They are the most frequently used words of the language, selected by word frequency. Every one of them will appear again and again in real sentences, so each learned word immediately pays off.
Listen and repeat: every word in the 1000 Words course comes with native-speaker audio and an example sentence. Combined with spaced repetition in the free vocabulary trainer, most learners master the first 100 words within one to two weeks.