The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Farsi language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Persian (Romanized) | Persian |
| I | man | مَن |
| thou | to/tu | تو |
| we | mā | ما |
| this | in | این |
| that | ān | آن |
| who | ki | کی |
| what | che/chi | چِه |
| not | na | نَه |
| all | hame/hama | همه |
| many | besyār bas | بسیار بس |
| one | yek/yak | یک |
| two | do | دو |
| big | bozorg | بُزُرگ |
| long | boland | بُلَند |
| small | kuchek | کوچِک |
| woman | zan | زَن |
| man (adult male) | mard | مَرد |
| man (human being) | nafar fard shakhṣ ensān kas | نَفَر فَرد شَخص اِنسان کَس |
| bird | parande | پَرَندِه |
| dog | sag | سَگ |
| louse | shepesh | شِپِش |
| tree | derakht | دِرَخت |
| seed | dāne tokhm | دانِه| تُخم |
| leaf | barg | بَرگ |
| root | rishe | ریشِه |
| bark | pust-e derakht | پوستِ دِرَخت |
| skin | pust | پوست |
| meat | gusht | گوشت |
| blood | khun | خون |
| bone | ostokhān | اُستُخوان |
| fat (n.) | rowghan charbi | رَوغَن چَربی |
| fire | ātesh | آتِش |
| egg | tokhm | تُخم |
| horn | shākh | شاخ |
| tail | dom | دُم |
| feather | par | پَر |
| fish | māhi | ماهی |
| hair | mu | مو |
| head | sar | سَر |
| ear | gush | گوش |
| eye | cheshm | چِشم |
| fingernail | nākhun | ناخون |
| nose | damāgh bini | دَماغ بینی |
| mouth | dahān | دَهان |
| tooth | dandān | دَندان |
| tongue | zabān | زَبان |
| foot | pā | پا |
| knee | zānu | زانو |
| hand | dast | دَست |
| belly | shekam | شِکم |
| neck | gardan | گَردَن |
| breast | pestān | پِستان |
| heart | del qalb | دِل قَلب |
| liver | jegar | جِگَر |
| drink | nushidan | نوشیدَن |
| eat | khordan | خَوردَن |
| bite | gazidan | گَزیدَن |
| see | didan | دیدَن |
| hear | shenidan | شِنیدَن |
| know | dānestan | دانِستَن |
| sleep | khābidan | خوابیدَن |
| die | mordan | مُردَن |
| kill | koshtan | کشتَن |
| swim | shenā kardan | شِنا کردَن |
| fly (v.) | paridan | پَریدَن |
| walk | rāh raftan | راه رَفتَن |
| come | āmadan | آمَدَن |
| lie | khābidan derāz keshidan | خوابيدن دراز كشيدن |
| sit | neshastan | نِشَستَن |
| stand | istādan pā shodan | پا شُدَن ایستادَن |
| give | dādan | دادَن |
| say | goftan | گُفتَن |
| sun | khorshid āftāb | خورشید آفتاب |
| moon | māh | ماه |
| star | setāre | سِتارِه |
| water | āb | آب |
| rain | bārān | باران |
| stone | sang | سَنگ |
| sand | māseh | ماسِه |
| earth | zamin | زَمین |
| cloud | abr | اَبر |
| smoke | dud | دود |
| ashes | khākestar | خاکستَر |
| burn | suzāndan (tr.) suxtan (intr.) | سوزاندَن سوختَن |
| road | rāh jāde khiābān | راه |
| mountain | kuh | کوه |
| red | qermez sorkh | قِرمِز سُرخ |
| green | sabz | سَبز |
| yellow | zard | زَرد |
| white | sefid | سِفید |
| black | siāh | سیاه |
| night | shab | شَب |
| warm | garm | گَرم |
| cold | sard | سَرد |
| full | pur | پُر |
| new | now tāze | نَو تازِه |
| good | khub | خوب |
| round | gerd | گِرد |
| dry | khoshk | خُشک |
| name | nām esm | نام اِسم |