English words from Classical Persian
- marsiyaan elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala
- ma'rufA vowel phoneme that is phonemically equivalent to a vowel in Classical Arabic.
- Mazar-i-SharifA city, the provincial capital of Balkh Province, Afghanistan.
- mobadA Zoroastrian cleric of a particular rank, qualified to serve as celebrant priest at the Yasna ceremony and to train other priests.
- murghchicken
- Naogaon DistrictOne of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
- NastaliqA form of Arabic calligraphy mostly used for Persian and languages it has influenced, including Urdu and Ottoman Turkish.
- Nava'iThe pen-name of Nizam al-Din Alisher Harawi (1441–1501), a Timurid poet.
- PahlavismAn Iranian nationalist ideology centered on the rule and legacy of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979).
- PahlavistAn expert in Pahlavi.
- ParsistanSynonym of Pars
- ParwanA province of Afghanistan.
- PaymonA transliteration of the Persian male given name پیمان (peymân).
- pesh-kabzSynonym of Khyber knife.
- Pirojpur DistrictOne of the six districts in the Barisal Division of Bangladesh.
- posteenA sheepskin cloak.
- qalandarA wandering ascetic Sufi dervish.
- qamaA Persian shortsword.
- qanatAn underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley
- QanungoA surname.
- QuhistanA region of medieval Persia, essentially the southern part of Khurasan.
- QumisA small province of ancient and medieval Persia, separating Ray, Hyrcania, and Khurasan.
- radifThe word which must end both lines of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets in a Persian, Turkic or Urdu ghazal.
- santurA type of hammered dulcimer played in Persian music
- seekh kebabA dish from (Anglo-)Indian cuisine consisting of a mixture of minced meat (usually lamb), garlic and spices thinly wrapped around a skewer and grilled, usually in a tandoor.
- shahanshahKing of kings; a title given to the rulers of ancient Persia and sometimes of Armenia.
- shahbanuThe consort of a shah.
- ShahjahanabadSynonym of Old Delhi.
- ShahrisabzA city in Uzbekistan.
- ShahryarName of the fictional Persian Sassanid King of Kings married to Scheherazade in the story One Thousand and One Nights.
- shahzadaThe son of a shah.
- shamshirA Persian curved blade without a pommel.
- shashmaqamA Central Asian musical genre popular in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
- Sherpur DistrictOne of the four districts in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh.
- Shikasta Nasta'liqA form of Perso-Arabic script calligraphy used for Persian and Urdu.
- ShirvanshahA title borne by mediaeval rulers of Shirvan.
- simurghA gigantic winged benevolent creature.
- sipahsalarA title given to commanders-in-chief and general officers in the armies of many states of the medieval Islamic world.
- Siqatul IslamA title below ayatollah, one who has explicitly been trusted to narrate fatwas.
- sowarA soldier on horseback, especially one during the British Raj.
- Subh-i-AzalA title given to Mirza Yahya (1831–1912), the founder of Azalism
- sumbalThe plant muskroot.
- surpooseA cover, as of a basin, dish, hookah bowl, etc.
- TabaristanA former region on the southern coasts of the Caspian Sea.
- takhtrawanA covered litter carried by a pair of animals.
- takyaA gathering place for Sufis, especially in the Ottoman Empire and South Asia.
- this too shall passNothing, good or bad, lasts forever; all circumstances are temporary.
- TokharistanA historical region of Central Asia, corresponding largely to ancient Bactria.
- yakhchalA type of icehouse, built mainly in Persia (present-day Iran), that functions as an evaporative cooler, having a domed shape above ground and a subterranean storage space.