Word origins

• jamA sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
• poloA ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
• tarCoal tar.
• taraGoodbye.
• shahA king of Persia or Iran.
• MehrThe seventh solar month of the Persian calendar.
• susSuspicion (in terms of a sus law).
• mirA traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands.
• pirA Muslim holy man or religious leader, especially Sufi.
• rialThe official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
• neyA type of endblown flute.
• TirThe fourth solar month of the Persian calendar.
• bazA metasyntactic variable used to stand for some unspecified entity; typically the third in a series after foo and bar.
• pulA subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Afghan afghani.
• afghaniThe monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
• FarahA surname from Arabic.
• SinaA unisex given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• AurangabadA district of Maharashtra, India.
• BijanA male given name from Persian.
• RumiThe Latin alphabet or writing system used for Malay and Indonesian.
• ZandA member of the Zand tribe, a Laki-speaking Kurdish tribe of western Iran.
• KermanA traditional kind of Persian carpet.
• AzarThe ninth solar month of the Persian calendar.
• farsA province of Iran.
• baftaA mask sculpture, similar in purpose to an Oscar, awarded for excellence in film, television, etc.
• sakiAny of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia with large ears and a long hairy tail that is not prehensile.
• sardarA title of Persian origin used for military or political leaders.
• saraiEither of two cities which served as the capital of the Golden Horde.
• baghA type of enclosed garden common in south and south-eastern Asia.
• zakatAlmsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
• JahanA transliteration of the Persian unisex given name جهان (jahân).
• ahuThe goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.
• KashanA kind of decorative flat carpet.
• HosseiniA surname from Persian.
• OmidA transliteration of the Persian male given name امید (omid).
• EhsanA transliteration of the Persian male given name احسان (ehsân).
• KalaniA unisex given name from Hawaiian.
• HashemiA surname from Persian.
• AmiriA surname from Persian.
• imanifaith (in the context of African-American culture)
• attarAn essential oil extracted from flowers.
• tahrira type of vocal ornamentation; especially the variant used in the Near and Middle East
• KhaliliA surname from Persian.
• arakA clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant.
• abbasiA surname from Persian
• RizaA male given name from Persian [in turn from Arabic]; variant forms Reza, Raza, Rizo
• shushTo be quiet; to keep quiet.
• parvinAny of a class of proteins involved in actin binding.
• ShahabA kind of Iranian missile.
• LarijaniA surname from Persian.
• MehranA transliteration of the Persian male given name مهران (mehrân).
• RaziA surname from Persian.
• KarimiA surname from Persian.
• AbanThe eighth solar month of the Persian calendar.
• MashhadA city in Iran, the seat of Mashhad County's Central District and the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province.
• AminiA surname from Persian.
• ChiragA male given name from Ancient Persia often used in India.
• NavidA transliteration of the Persian male given name نوید (navid, novid).
• NouriA surname from Persian.
• kenafHibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia.
• nardA flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
• NatanzA city in Natanz, Isfahan Province, Iran.
• ShehzadA male given name from Persian.
• HamadanA city in Iran, the seat of Hamadan County's Central District and the capital of Hamadan Province.
• TaheriA surname from Persian.
• kukuAn Iranian dish somewhat resembling a quiche or omelette.
• GhazniA city, the capital of the province of Ghazni in eastern Afghanistan; the former capital of the Ghaznavid Empire.
• VeysA city in Khuzestan province, Iran.
• MehrdadA male given name of Persian usage.
• FarzadA surname from Persian.
• AbadanA port city in Khuzestan, southwestern Iran.
• SaadatA surname from Persian.
• KamaliA surname from Persian.
• JalaliA surname from Persian.
• seraiA palace.
• JafariA surname from Persian.
• parsaA Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes; a parasang.
• sarwanOne who drives a camel.
• AziziA surname from Persian.
• ZandiA surname from Persian.
• HormuzThe strait that connects the Persian Gulf, with the Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean.
• NooraniA surname from Persian.
• nashiA fruit, the Nashi pear, Pyrus pyrifolia.
• ElhamA unisex given name from Persian or Arabic.
• RahimiA surname from Persian.
• KermanshahA city in Iran, the seat of Kermanshah County's Central District and the capital of Kermanshah Province.
• AkbariA Sufi Muslim of the Akbariyya branch.
• AlizadehA surname from Persian.
• SalehiA surname from Persian.
• hoomanA human being.
• BadakhshanA historical region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
• SadeghiA surname from Persian.
• TakharA surname from Punjabi.
• Sadehan Iranian winter festival
• bachaA dancing boy in parts of Central Asia.
• BehrouzA transliteration of the Persian male given name بهروز (behruz).
• EmamiA surname from Persian.
• RahmaniA surname from Persian.
• MojtabaA male given name from Persian.
• schroffA banker or moneychanger.