List of Persian loanwords in Turkish
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A great number of words of Persian origin have entered the Turkish language. The following is a list of a number of these loanwords.[1]
| Persian | Turkish (Turkish alphabet) |
Persian (Perso-Latin alphabet) |
Meaning and usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| آهسته | aheste | āhesteh | slow |
| آهنگین | ahenkli | ahangin | musical |
| آینه | ayna | Ayineh | mirror |
| استاد | usta, üstad | ostâd | master |
| آشنا | aşina[2] | âšnâ | familiar |
| افسانه | efsane[3] | afsâne | legend |
| ادعانامه | iddianame | eddeâ-nâme | indictment |
| امید | ümit[4] | omid | hope |
| بادجا | baca[5] | bâdjâ | chimney |
| بادآورده | bedava[6] | bâd âvarde | free (money) |
| بازار | pazar | bâzâr | market, marketplace |
| باغچه | bahçe | bâqče | garden |
| تاج | taç | tâj | crown |
| جان | can | jân | life, soul |
| چوپان | çoban | čupân | shepherd |
| مژده | müjde | možde | good news |
| میخانه | meyhane | meyxâne | tavern |
| شکنجه | işkence | šekanje | torture |
| نماز | namaz | namâz | salah |
| فریاد | feryat | faryâd | bellow |
| یار | yar | yâr | beloved |
| هر | her | har | every |
| هرکس | herkes | harkas | everyone |
| هیچ | hiç | hič | any, non |
| سبزی | sebze | sabzi | vegetable |
| میوه | meyve | mive | fruit |
| قرمز | kırmızı | qermez | red |
| پنیر | peynir | panir | cheese |
| قهرمان | kahraman | qahremân | hero |
| رنگ | renk | rang | colour |
| دیگر | diğer | digar | other |
| آرزو | arzu | ârezu | wish |
| جگر | ciğer | jegar | liver |
| برنج | pirinç | berenj | rice |