The purpose of this unique project is:

To reinvigorate "sareh" ( or pure ) Persian.

You are invited to participate in an online project that is aimed at purifying the Persian language by replacing all foreign loan words. This new project could take on any shape or form. It's working title is: The Persian Language Purification Project.

Possible goals of this project are to:

1. Reintroduce available Persian words for their currently used foreign equivalents.

2. Suggest new Persian words to replace foreign ones.

3. Provide samples of "sareh" Persian online.

4. Create an online lexicon of borrowed words and their equivalent Persian ones.
(Please review lists of revived words, and new words sent by our participants, and send your comments about them)

Please participate by joining the forum and post your suggestions by clicking on the following link:

IL&S; Forum: Pure Persian

Thank you

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Suggested pure (sare) Persian equivalents for some foreign words:
(ā=aa, š=sh, c=ch, q=gh, ž=zh, x=kh)

adabiyyāt = farhanjāk, parxow afv (forgiveness) = āmorzeš afv kardan (to pardon, to forgive) = āmorzidan afv konande (one who pardons, forgiver) = āmorzegār ahamiyyat = māyevari, mādevari, mahandi, besezāyi aks = fartur, vāž aksariyat (majority) = baxše bištar, bištari amniyyat (safety/security) = zenhāri andalib = hezārdastān, hezārāvā aqqaliyat (minority) = baxše kamtar, kamtari araqxor (wine-drinker) = bādexār, meyxār asabāni (mad, angry) = barāšofte asabāni kardan (to make angry) = bar āšoftan asal (honey) = angabin asar = sudāri, nešāne asās (foundation) = bonyād aziyyat (annoyance) = āzār ālat (tool) = abzār ānce mibinand (that which is seen, Persian synonym) = bināk āžans (agency) = nemāyandegi badjens (wicked) = badnahād, badserešt, badxim bahār = (spring, synonym) apsālān, afsālān bar-aks (reverse) = bevārune basir (insightful) = binešmand basirat (insight) = bineš bayān (expression) = bāznemud, farādaheš bayān kardan (to express) = bāz nemudan belāfāsele (immediately) = biderang binatije (vain, futile) = bihude (literally, without truth) birun āvordan (persian, synonym to take out) = āhixtan bitaraf (not taking sides) = biyeksu bitarafi (the concept of not taking sides) = biyeksuyi bitarafāne (in a manner not taking sides) = biyeksuyāne bo'd = andāzeš bolbol = hezārdastān, hezārāvā bāqadr (valuable) = arjdār, arjomand dalil (reason, argument) = āvand daqiq (scrutinous, meticulous) = bārikbin dar nazar gereftan (to consider) = be dide gereftan dars (study, lesson) = āmuze deqqat (scrutiny, meticulousness) = bārikbini dexālat (intervention) = miyānāyi e'terāf konande = xastu e'terāz (protest) = vāxāhi eddeye besyār (a large group) = anbuh edrāk (realization) = daryāft efficient = kārā(y) ehtemāl = šakibidan ehterām (respect) = arj, bozorg dāšt ehterām gozāštan (to respect) = bozorg dāštan, arj nehādan ejrā kardan (to execute) = be kār bastan ejtemā = anjoman ektešāf (discovery) = peybari emkān = šāyestan emtenā (abstention) = bāzistādegi, xoddāri emtenā kardan (to abstain) = bāz istādan, xoddāri kardan en'ekāse nur (reflection) = bāztāb enkār = nigerāy ensān = mard, pādeštān, mardomzāde ( in middle persian) enteqād (blame, criticism) = nekuheš entezār (expectation) = cašmdāšt entezār (expectation, hope) = boyus eqdām kardan (to rise) = bar xāstan eqrār konande = xastu eqtesād = miyāneravi eqtesād, aql, maāš ("economy", "wisdom", and "subsistence") = andāzedāri estantāq (interrogation) = bāzporsi este'dād (talent) = darundāšt, abzārmandi estefrāq = harāš estefrāq kardan = harāšidan, vāmidan esterāhat (rest, relaxation) = āsāyeš estexdām (employment, hiring) = kārgomāri estexrāj kardan = nažidan, hanjidan, lonjidan ettelā (information, news) = āgāhi ettelāāt (information) = āgāhi etāat (obedience) = farmānbardāri extār (warning) = hošdār ešāre = parxide fa'āl (active) = konešvar fa'āliyat (activity) = konešvari fahm, dark (comprehension, understanding) = daryābi farq (difference) = degarguni farz (supposition) = angār farz kardan (to suppose) = angāštan farziye (hypothesis) = bar angāšt fasl= damān, āvām fekr (thought) = andiše fekr kardan (to think) = andišidan forsat (opportunity) = dastyāft fājee (calamity) = āft fāsele = durnā, jodāyi, duri hadaf = tamuk, āmāj hadd = karāne, karān, marz, sāmāne hadde aksar (maximum) = bišine hadde aqal (minimum) = kamine hads = gomāne hamlo naql (transportation) = tarābari hanzal = kabast, gabast haqiqat (truth) = āmiq haqiqat talabi (the pursuit of truth) = āmiq pazhuhi harf (letter of alphabet) = nevise haris (greedy) = āzmand harārat (temperature) = damā hayāt = miyānsarā hazm = govāreš hazm kardan = govāridan hediye (gift) = armaqān hefz kardan (to memorize) = yād sepordan, az bar kardan hefzkoni (memorization) = yādsepāri herfe (profession) = piše, pišekāri hers (greed) = āz hesāb = āmāreš, ayāre hodudan = bišokam hokumat (government, rule) = farmānravāyi howze (district, a portion, a part) = barx hude is a word that means "truth". hāfeze, zakr (memory) = yāddāri hājat (need, want) = āyoft hāselxiz (fruitful, productive) = bārdeh ide (idea) = angāre ideoloži (ideology) = angāregān intersection (not trafficrelated) = borešgāh ja'be = šagāh, kāj jalese (session) = nešast jam' kardan (to collect, compile) = gerdāvardan (collection=gerdāvari) javv = miqguy jazb (absorption) = darāšam, darkaši jazire (island) = ābxost jeddi = garān, xortāk jesm = peykar jor'at kardan = yārestan jorm (sin) = bezeh jorm kardan (to sin) = bezidan ka'b ( ostoxāne pā) = aštāleng kašf kardan (to discover) = pey bordan (be) kefāyat (sufficiency) = basandegi ketāb = nebešte kābus = baxtak, sokāce kāfi (sufficient) = basande la'nat kardan/ferestādan = nefridan lahje = guyeš lams (touch) = parmās lams kardan (to touch) = parmāsidan, pasudan, basudan, basāvidan ma'mul (normal) = hanjār ma'ni (meaning) = ārš ma'ruf (famous) = nāmdār ma'yub (having a flaw) = ākmand mahdud = andak, bākarān mahdud kardan = karānāndan mahdud šodan = karānidan mahdudiyat = pāyāndāri majmue (math) = gerdāvard manzare (scenery) = namā, cašmandāz mas'ul = porseši, pāsoxgu, xiškār mas'uliyat (responsibility) = xiškāri maxsusan (especially) = beviže mašrub (wine) = bāde, mey mazhab = kiš mohem = besezā meqdār (amount) = and meqdāre kam (a small amount) = andak moarrefi (introduction) = āšnāsāzi moharrek (motive) = angize mohit = farāgerd mohkam (firm) = ostovār mojassame (statue) = tandis mojrem (sinner) = bezehkār, bezande molāqāt (meeting) = hamāyeš, hamāyi monazzam (organized) = besāmān montazer (expecting) = boyusān montazer budan (to be expecting) = boyusidan monāseb (appropriate) = darxor, farāxor moqaddas = varjāvand mostanteq (interrogator) = bāzpors mosābeqe = hamnabardi, hamcašmi, barzaneš motehammel (enduring) = bordbār motemate (happy, auspicious) = barxordār, bahremand motexases (specialist) = vižegar, vižekār motmaen (sure) = ostigān mottale (informed, aware) = āgāh mowj (ocean wave) = xizāb mowjud (existent) = bāšā, bāšande, bude, hastumand, hastmand mowjudāt (beings) = bāšandegān mowred = cārcub mowzu (issue, matter) = bāre musiqi = xonyā mādde = astumandine māddi = astumand mālek budan (to own) = azānidan mālekiyat (ownership) = azāneš naqiz (opposite) = āxšij , āxšig naqše (map) = negāšt naqāši (painting) = negār nasihat (advice) = andarz navasān (vibration) = larze nazariye (view) = negare noqte (dot) = xajak noqte nazar (viewpoint) = didgāh, cašmandāz nowhe = muye nowhe xāndan = muyidan nowhexān= muyegar onsor (element) = āxšij otāq = gonj ozv (member, bodily organ) = andām por kardan (synonym, to fill) = ākandan procedure = ravand, pardāze process = farāyand pāk kardan (synonym, to erase) = ostordan qad = bālā (when used as a noun) qad = derāzā qadim (ancient times) = bāstān qadr (worth) = arj, arzeš qam (sadness) = anduh qani (rich) = pormāye qanun (law) = barbast qarb (west) = bāxtar qasam (oath) = sogand qasd (intention) = segāl qat' kardan (to cut off, interrupt) = gosixtan qazab (anger) = xešm, barāšoftegi qeymat (price) = bahā qešr = kāst qolle = cakād, setiq qosse (sorrow) = sug qowm = dudmān, tabār, tire qānun = dādestān, hangār, hanjār radd (rejection) = vāzani radif = rade rahm (mercy, ruth) = bāxšāyeš rahm (ruth, mercy) = baxšāyeš rais (boss, chief, master) = pišvā result = peyāmad, barāmad reyhān= separqam, šāhesparam, nāzbuy riyāziyāt = gazmar sabab = cim, dastāviz, māye, lād, giv, run sadaf = gušmāhi sambol (symbol) = namād samq = žad san'at (industry) = abzārsāzi saqf (ceiling) = āsemāne sath (surface) = ruye sedāšenāsi = vākšenāsi sefat (characteristic) = nahād selsele (system) = hamast sue niyyat (malevolence) = badxāhi sue zan (suspicion) = badgomāni symbolization = namādpardāzi, namādsāzi sāat = tasu sāede dast = araše dast sāmet (consonant) = hamxān sāqe pā = araše pā šadid (intense) = fozun šafā (cure) = behbud šak = gomān, varumandi šaraf (honor, dignity) = āzarm šarik (partner, companion) = anbāz šaxs = kas, tan, dise šaxsiyat (personality) = mineš, daxšegi šeddat (intensity) = fozuni šekāyat (complaint, grievance) = gele šekl = dise šerkat (partneršip, company) = anbāzi šohrat (reputation) = āvāze šoql (occupation) = piše, pišekāri šoru (start) = āqāz šoru kardan (to start) = āqāzidan ta'limāt (a teaching, something taught) = āmuzāk ta'ne (sarcasm) = zahrxande ta'neāmiz (sarcastic) = zahrxandedār ta'xir kardan = mulidan tabiat (nature) = nahād, xim, bum tahammol (endurance) = bordbāri tahqiq (investigation) = bāzjuyi tahqiq (research) = pažuheš tahrik (instigation, incitement) = āqāleš tahrik kardan (to instigate, to incite) = āqālānidan, bar āqālānidan tahrik, hayajān (excitement) = bar angizeš, angizeš tahāl = seporz tajhizāt (equipment) = sāzobarg taklif (duty) = gomāšt takāmol (evolution) = fargašt talaffoz = darāyidan tamato (happiness, auspiciousness) = barxordāri tamrin = barzeš tamrin kardan = barzidan tamām (entire) = sarāsar tanaffor (disgust, hate) = bizāri taqlid (imitation) = peyravi taqrib = nazdiki, bišokami taqriban = kamābiš taqyir (change) = degareš taqyire surat (transfiguration) = degarsimāyi taqyire šekl (transformation) = tarādisi tarafdāri (taking sides) = dargiri tarafdāri kardan (to take sides) = dar gereftan, dar giri kardan tark kardan= heštan ( the present stem is hel) tasdiq kardan (to verify) = be rāst dāštan tavajjoh (attention) = residegi tavvajoh be xatare ehtemāli (heed for possible dangers) = bāk taxasos (specialty) = vižegari, vižekāri taxmin = barāvord, arzyābi tazkāriye (memorandum, note) = yāddāšt teknoloži (technology) = šegerdšenāsi tābe (function) = kārkard tābe (math) = farkard vahšat (fright, terror, dread) = harās varam = āmās varam kardan= āmāsidan vaz'iyat = neheš vazn = gerāni, hang vāhed (unit) = yekke vājeb (necessary) = bāyā vājeb budan (to be necessary) = bāyestan xat = kiš, kaše xašen (violent) = derāzdast xedmat, servis (service) = piškāri xejālat (embarrassment) = šarmsāri xesārat (damage) = āsib xodāhāfez (goodbye) = bedrud xosusi = daxše xošunat (violence) = derāzdasti yavāš (slow) = āheste zanbure asal = magase angabin

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Suggested new words:
(ā=aa, š=sh, c=ch, q=gh, ž=zh, x=kh)

ābderaxš = hydroelectricity āse = axis afzudpazir = summable afzudpaziri = summability andāzeš = dimension anjomanpaziri = (math) associativity astumand = material astumandine = matter bānidan = (math) integrate bāzbord = reference bāzbordgāh = (phy) reference frame basāvande = tangent bovande = (math) integral candak = quantum deraxšak = electron deraxšistā = electrostatic deraxšnemā = electroscope deraxšpuyā = electrodynamic eigenspace = farsepāš eigenvalue = fararzeš eigenvector = farbordār energy = fartuš, kārmāye farāsepāš = hyperspace farāxe = field farāxeye gerāneši = gravitational field farkard = (math) function foruzak = photon foruzakšenāsi = photonics foruzine = phosphorus gāmande/gāmnemā = gradient gerānak = graviton gerdāvard = (math) set gosixtār = (math) derivative gosixtārpazir = differenciable gosixtārpaziri = differenciability hamāyand = (math) union hamafzāyi = summation hamafzud = sum hambasāv = cotangent hamgard = covariant hamsāze = (math) cofactor hamsanj = symmetric hamsanji = symmetry hamtādis = cosine hangār = velocity harāyand = reality harpāsp = planet haste = ( linear algebra) kernel hurin = helium hurin = helium jodāyeš = difference jodāyeši = differencial kālbodineye gozar = change matrix kālbodineye peyvastārmand = diagonal matrix kālbodineye peyvastārpazir = diagonalizable matrix kālbodineye pucande = nilpotent matrix kālbodineye taksotuni = column matrix kālbodineye vārunepazir = invertible matrix kālbodine = (math) matrix kešidār = tensor kālbodineye hamande = idempotent matrix kālbodineye hamsanj = symmetric matrix kālbodineye takradeyi = row matrix miqguy = atmosphere negāhešgar = observer nehādšenāsi = physics nivgerāyce = neutrino nivgerayak = neutron pādgard = contravariant partovin = radium parvastār = ( linear algebra) span peykar = (phy) body peykaršenāsi = mechanics peyvastār = diagonal peyvastārpaziri = diagonazability peyvastomān = continuum puyāne = dynamite rade = ( of a matrix) row rizar = fluor sāze = (math) factor sanje = metric sepāš = space sepāše bordāri = vector space sostderaxš = electroweak tādis = sine (math sinus) tarānehāde = transpose vādisāndan = deform vādisidegi = deformity vākonešgāh = reactor vākšenāsi = accoustics vārunepaziri = invertibility vižande = (math) determinant xordak = particle zebarvand = superscript zirgerdāvard = subset zirsepāš = subspace zirvand = subscript