Some Persian Words Common With Other Indoeuropean Languages (Cognate Words) : This is my own compilation from various sources or my own research, and still i am adding to them :
1 KISS , persian : boosse , spanish : beso , french : baiser , italian : bacio , lithuanian : bucinys 2 THUNDER , persian : tondar , german : donner 3 KNEE , persian : zanu , hindi : janu , french : genou 4 BREAST or CHEST , persian : sineh , italian : seno , french : sein 5 CRY , persian : geryeh , swedish : grata , french : cri , german : schrei 6 RAIN , persian : baran 7 THROAT , persian : galoo , italian : gola , hindi : gela , slovenian : grlo , polish : gardlo , croatian : grlo 8 BALD , persian : kal (in older generations language) , italian : calvo , german : kahl , dutch : kaal , catalan : calb , finnish : kalju , spanish : calvo 9 CORPSE , persian : lasheh , german : leiche , hindi : lash 10 ON FOOT , persian : piadeh , french : a pied , italian : a piedi 11 SHAME , persian : sharm , german : scham , swedish : scam 12 ENOUGH , persian : bass , italian & spanish : basta 13 GOOSE , persian : ghaaz , danish : gas , swedish : gas , spanish : ganso , slovenian : gos 14 LICK , persian : liss , polish : lizac , slovenian : lizati 15 MORGUE , persian : marg = death 16 DEAD , persian : mordeh , french : mort , italian : morto 17 JACKAL , persian : shaghal , finnish : sakaali , french : chacal , italian : sciacallo , swedish : schakal 18 THAT , persian : ke , french : que , italian : che , hindi : ki 19 WHO , persian : ki , french : qui , italian : che 20 WHAT , persian : che or che chizi , italian : che cosa 21 MOTHER , persian : madar , italian : madre , spanish : madre , dutch : moeder , french : mere , swedish : mor , slovenian : mati 22 Another old word for MOTHER , persian : maam , welsh : mam , english : mom or mum 23 FATHER , persian : pedar , italian : padre , german : vater , dutch : vader 24 DAUGHTER , persian : dokhtar , german : tochter , dutch : dochter , danish : datter 25 BROTHER , persian : baradar , german : bruder 26 SISTER , persian : khahar (but written khwahar) and in rural persian pronounced khwaer , welsh : chwaer (literally pronounced khwaer) 27 TOOTH , persian : dandan , italian : dente , french : dent , lithuanian : dantis 28 TWO , persian : do , spanish : dos , italian : duo , lithuanian : du , hindi : do , french : deux 29 FOUR , Persian : chahar , irish : ceathair (pronounced ka-hir) 30 FIVE , persian : panj , hindi : panch , greek : penta 31 SIX , persian : shish or shesh , latvian : seši (seshi) , lithuanian : šeši (sheshi) , polish : sześć (shesc) , romanian : şase (shasse) , russian : sheyst , slovak : šesť (shest) , irish : sé (pronounced shay) 32 EIGHT , persian : hasht , german : acht , irish : ocht , hindi : aat 33NINE , persian : noh , italian : nove , hindi : no , french : neuf , german : neun , irish : naoi , swedish: nio 34 SIXTY , persian : shast , russian : sheyst dee syaat , slovak : šesťdesiat (shestdesiat) , sanskrit : sasta 35 NEW , persian : no , german : neu , italian : nuovo , hindi : neya , irish : nua , norvegian : nye , romanian : nou , russian : nawvee 36 NO , persian : nah , romanian : nu , lithuanian : ne 37 PONDER , persian : pendar , spanish : pensar , portuguese : pensar , italian : pensare , french : penser 38 INTER , persian : andar , dutch : onder , german : unter 39 STAR , persian : setareh , dutch : ster , italian : stella , german : stern 40 IS , persian : ast , german : ist , french : est , spanish : es 41 NOT or IS NOT , persian : nist , french : n'est , german : nicht 42 YOU or THOU , persian : to , italian : tu , slovenian : ti , german : du , hindi : to 43 I , persian : man , finnish : minä 44 NAME , persian : naam , german : name , hindi : naam , italian : nome , french : nom 45 MOUSE , persian : mush , italian : mouse (pronounced mu - ze) , dutch : muis , croatian : mish , russian : mysh 46 WATER , persian : aab , old persian : ap , romanian : apă , sanskrit : aapah , in rural persian : "o" , french : eau 47 CHIN , persian : chaaneh 48 DOOR , persian : dar , dutch : deur 49 YOUNG , persian : javan , italian : giovane , french : jeune , lithuanian : jaunas , sanskrit : yuvan 50 EARTH , persian : zamin or zemin , avestan persian : zem , latvian : zeme , polish : ziemia , czech : země ,russian : zimliah 51 COW , persian : gav , sanskrit : go or gau 52 YOKE , persian : yough , german : joch 53 DEVIL , persian : div , italian : diavolo 54 STAND , persian : istadan , lithuanian : stendas , old english : standan 55 NAVEL , persian : naf , icelandic : nafla , estonian : naba , finnish : napa , german : nabel 56 NAVE , persian : nav , italian : navata , french : nef 57 LIP , persian : lab , spanish : labio , italian : labbro , portoguese : labio , danish : læbe 58 FAR , persian : fara (of course used as a prefix as : faratar= farther, faragard ,farayand, and actual word for far in persian is dur) 59 WOMAN , persian : zan , croatian : žena , czech : žena , slovak : žena , kurdish : jin 60 WOMAN , persian : banu (meaning lady) , greek : bena , celtic : bean, benw , benyw (welsh) 61 STATE , persian : ostan , polish : stan , croatian : stanje , icelandic : astand 62 STONE , irish : cloch , persian : clooch or clookh (of course doesn't mean stone , but means fist size pieces of hardened and dried mud on outdoors) 63 MIDDLE or AVERAGE , persian : myaan or myaangin , french : moyen or moyenne , english : mean 64 ANT , persian : moor , russian : moo raa vey , icelandic : maur , finnish : muurahainen , norwegian : maur , danish : myre , dutch : mier , bosnian : mrav 65 TABLE , persian : miz , slovenian : miza , spanish : mesa , romanian : masă , bulgarian : masa , hindi : mez 66 SLIPPERY or SMOOTH : persian : liz , french : lisse , portuguese : liso , italian : liscio , basque : deslizamientos , catalan : Lliscant , croatian : Kliženje 67 NAIL , persian : nakhon , sanskrit : nakha , german : nagel 68 SILVER , persian : sim , greek : asimi 69 BRANCH (of a tree) , persian : shakheh , sanskrit : shaakha , lithuanian : šaka , hindi : shaaka 70 FACE , persian : chehreh , middle english. : chere , old french : chiere , spanish : cara ..."cheer" in modern english also is from the same root, "be of good cheer," means, "put on a happy face." 71 KEY , persian : cleed or keleed , french : clé , czech : klíč , greek : kleidi , spanish : clave 72 SAINT , avestan persian : espand , romanian : sfânt , sânt , spanish : santo 73 JUNGLE , persian : jangal , sanskrit : jangala (जंगल) which referred to uncultivated land , hindi : jangal , german : dschungel , russian : džúngli 74 ORANGE , persian : nārang , sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāranga), meaning “orange tree" , spanish : naranja 75 NOW , persian : aknun , middle persian : nun , german : nun , latin : nunc , danish : nu , dutch : nu , avestan : nû 76 FAIRY , persian : pari , armenian : p’eri 77 FROM , persian : az or ze , croatian : iz , polish : z , slovenian : iz 78 CHILDREN , persian : bachegan , welsh : bachgen (child , little boy) 79 AM or I AM , persian : hastam , polish : yestem , czech : ysem 80 WE ARE , persian : hastim , spanish : estamos , slovak : sme 81 YOU ARE (sing.) , persian : hasti , croatian : ste , czech : yste , lithuanian : esate , macedonian : ste , polish : yestes , portuguese : esta , slovak : ste 82 CANDLE , persian : kandeel or ghandeel (a box or pot to let a candle shine in it) 83 BURG (castle) , persian : borj (tower) , swedish : borg (castle, tower) , danish : borg 84 BE AS A PREFIX , persian : beravam , begoft , benush, etc...., english : behold , become , beloved, german : bearbeiten ,benutzen , bemerken, etc....notice that BE functions in three languages the same ,i.e., with or without that BE the verbs meaning is almost the same ,and that BE seems to work just for emphasis 85 MURDER , persian : mord = died , german : mord , swedish : mord , scottish : mort dutch : moord 86 EQUAL , persian : yeki (to be one and the same)(yek = one) , sanskrit :eka = one , german : egal 87 MY , old persian : manā .... in persian "man" means "i" and as you will see here in numorous indo-european languages the word for "my" is a derivative of that "man" in persian meaning "i" as follows.... lithuanian : mano , latvian : mans , danish : min , dutch : mijn , estonian : minu , finnish : minun , french : mon , german : meine , icelandic : mina , irish : mo , norvegian : min , swedish : min , 88 WE , persian : ma , kurdish : me , slovenian : me , estonian : me , latvian : mēs , lithuanian : mes , croatian : mi , russian : mee (pronounced sort of moey) 89 MAN (adult male) , persian : mard , old persian : martya , armenian : mard = husband , italian : marito = husband , spanish : marido= husband 90 ORDER (command) , persian : ord , middle persian : ard ,old persian : arta , portuguese : ordem , spanish : orden , scottish gaelic : òrdugh 91 FOOT , persian : pa , old persian : pad , french : pied , greek ; podi or pato , italian : piede , latvian : pēda , portuguese : pé ...pedal and pedicure and etc. are from the same root 92 CHEEK , persian : gouneh , latin : gena , welsh : genou , greek : genus 93 WINTER , persian : zemestan , avestan : zimo , polish : zima , latvian : ziemas , lithuanian : žiema, croatian : zima , czech : zimni , russian : zeemaa 94 STERILE (incapable of producing offspring) , persian : starvan , sanskrit : stari , greek : steiros , gothic : stairo , slovenian : sterilne , 95 SEVEN , persian : haft , avestan : hapta , greek : hepta 96 ROOT (of a plant) , persian : risheh or risha , greek : riza , spanish : raiz , portuguese : raiz 97 BROW (eyebrow) , persian : abru , croatian : obrva , polish : brew , sanskrit : bhrū , old english : brū
Some words that still not sure of their connection , but strongly there is a chance of connection : RUSTIC , persian : rusta (village) , ROB , persian : roba {robber, as delroba (robber of heart, love)},robudan (to rob) PERISH , persian : parish (depressed, shooed away and scattered) , CHAMBER , persian : chambareh
My resources : Google translate , Wiktionary (translations part of every word in wiktionary has translation of each word almost in all languages), also many other sources,also i have discovered many of these words connections by myself...
Edited by mercurybc - 26-Jul-2010 at 21:02
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