Parts of the body
English | Bakhtiari | |
hand | دَست | dast |
left | چَپ | chap |
right | راست | raast |
leg/foot | پا | paa |
skin | پوست | poost |
back | پُشت | posht |
belly/stomach | کُم/ اِشکَم | kom/ eshkam |
bone | اُستُخُوْ | ostokhown |
intestines | رودِه | roodeh |
liver | جیَر | jiar |
lungs | ریِه | rieh |
breast | سینِه | sineh |
shoulder | شُوْ | shown |
blood | حین | hin |
head | سَر | sar |
neck | گَردِن | garden |
hair (head/body) | می/ مِل | mel / mi |
nose | نُفت | noft |
mouth | دُهُوْ | dohown |
tooth | دِندُوْ | dendown |
tongue | زُوْ | zown |
eye | تی | ti |
ear | گوش | goosh |
Family terms
English | Bakhtiari | |
person/human being | آدُم | aadom |
man / male | پیا | piaa |
woman / female | زِینِه | zayneh |
child | بَچِّه | bacheh |
husband | مِهرِه | mayreh |
wife | زِینِه | zayneh |
mother | دا | daa |
father | بَوو | bavoo |
name | نُم | nom |
Everyday objects
English | Bakhtiari | |
road / path | رَه | rah |
house | مَنزِل | manzel |
roof/thatch | توو | too |
rope | بَنْد | band |
needle | سیزِن | sizen |
stich | وَصلِه | vasleh |
Animals
English | Bakhtiari | |
animal | حِیوُوْ | hayvown |
dog | سَیْ | sai |
bird | پَرَندِه | parandeh |
egg | تُخمِ مُرغ | tokhm e morgh |
feather | پَر | par |
wing | بال | baal |
rat | موش | moosh |
meat/flesh | گوشت | goosht |
tail | دُم | dom |
snake | مار | maar |
worm/earth worm | کِرم / کِرمِ خاکی | kerm |
louse | شِش | shesh |
mosquito | پَشِه | pasheh |
spider | عَنکَووت | ankavoot |
fish | ماهی | mahi |
Natural objects and phenomena
English | Bakhtiari | |
tree | دِرَخت | derakht |
branch | شاخِه | shaakheh |
leaf | بَلگ | balg |
root | ریشِه | risheh |
flower | گُل | gol |
fruit | میوِه | meeveh |
grass | عَلَف | alaf |
earth/soil | زِمین / حاک | hawk / zemin |
stone | سَنگ | sang |
sand | شِن | shen |
water | اَوْ | aw |
sea | دِریا | derya |
salt | نِوِک | nevek |
woods/forest/jungle | چوو / کَودِه | kawdeh / choo |
sky | آسِمُوْ | aasemown |
sun | اَفتَو | aftaw |
moon | مَه | mah |
star | آستارِه | aastaareh |
cloud | اَوْر | awr |
rain | بارُو | baarown |
thunder | ||
lightning | تَشِ بَرق | tash e bargh |
wind | باد | baad |
fire | تَش | tash |
smoke | دی | di |
night | شَوْ | shaw |
day | رو | roo |
Numbers
English | Bakhtiari | |
one | یَک | yak |
two | دو | do |
three | سِه | seh |
four | چار | chaar |
five | پَی | pay |
six | شیش | shish |
seven | هَفت | haft |
eight | هَشت | hasht |
nine | نُه | noh |
ten | دَه | dah |
zero | صِرف | serf |
Verbs of the body
English | Bakhtiari | |
to drink | نوشیدِن | nooshiden |
to spit | تُف کِردِن | tof kerden |
to eat | خَردِن | kharden |
to chew | هاییدِن | hayeeden |
to breathe | نَفَس کِشیدِن | nafas keshiden |
to smell | بو کِشیدِن | boo keshiden |
to laugh | حَندِستِن | handesten |
to cry/to weep | گِرِوِستِن | gerevesten |
to vomit/to throw up | بالا اَوُردِن | baalaa avorden |
to bite | گَم زِیْدِن | gam zayden |
to hear | اَشنیدِن | ashniden |
to see | دیدِن | deeden |
to yawn | ||
to sleep | خَوْسیدِن | khawsiden |
Verbs of action
English | Bakhtiari | |
to walk | رَه رَدِن | rah rahden |
to swim | شِنَوْ کِردِن | shenaw kerden |
to know/to be knowledgeable | دُوِستِن | dowesten |
to think | فِرگ کِردِن | ferg kerden |
to fear | تَرسِستِن | tarsesten |
to say | گُدِن | gohden |
to cook | پُهدِن | pohden |
to sit | نِشَستِن | neshasten |
to stand | واستادِن | vaastaaden |
to lie down | دِراز کِشیدِن | deraaz keshiden |
to climb | بالاَ رَهدِن | baalaa rahden |
to tie up/to fasten | بَستِن | basten |
to sew | دُهدِن | dohden |
to hunt | شِکار کِردِن | shekaar kerden |
to shoot | تیر وَندِن | tir vanden |
to stab/to pierce | سیلا کِردِن | silas kerden |
to hit | زِیدِن | zayden |
to kill | کُشتِن | koshten |
to die/to be dead | مُردِن | morden |
to live/to be alive | زِندِه مَندِن | zendeh manden |
to scratch | خَراش وَندِن | kharaash vanden |
to cut/to hack | بُریدِن | boriden |
to work | کار کِردِن | kaar kerden |
to plant | کاشتِن | kaashten |
to choose | یَکی بِگِر کِردِن | yaki beer kerden |
to grow | گَپ کِردِن | gap kerden |
to squeeze | فِشار دادِن | feshaar daaden |
to hold | وا داشتِن | vaa daashten |
to dig | کَندِن | kanden |
to open | واز کِردِن | vaaz kerden |
to throw | وَندِن | vanden |
Adjectives
English | Bakhtiari | |
dirty | کِثیف | keseef |
clean | تَمییز | tameez |
sharp | تیز | teez |
dull | عروسَک | aroosak |
warm | گَرم | garm |
cold | سَرد | sard |
small | کوچیر | koocheer |
big | گَپ | gap |
short | کوتاه | kootaah |
long | دِراز | deraaz |
thin | نازُک | nazook |
thick | کُلُفت | koloft |
narrow | باریک | baareek |
wide | پَهن | pahn |
black | سیاه | siaah |
white | اِسبید | esbeed |
red | سُهر | sohr |
yellow | زَرد | zard |
green | سَوز | sawz |
painful/sick | دَرد دار / مَریض | mareez / dard daar |
old (object) | پیر | pir |
new | نُو | no |
good | خووْ | khoov |
bad | بَد | bad |
correct/true | دُرُست / راست | raast / dorost |