Word origins

• changA traditional harp of central and southwest Asia
• FarsiPersian
• deyA servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
• DaraA male given name from Irish.
• mirzaAn educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk.
• RamsarDescribing any conservation site protected under the Ramsar Convention
• aradA nomadic herder.
• RoshanA kshatriya Punjabi surname.
• arakiOf or pertaining to Arak.
• ShirinA female given name from Persian.
• RaminA male given name.
• TurkestanThe regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.
• SamiraA female given name from Persian mainly used by Persians.
• KashgarA prefecture of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
• KazemiA surname from Persian.
• azuriteA blue vitreous mineral; a basic hydrated copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu²⁺₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂, used since antiquity as a blue pigment or ores to extract metallic copper.
• ImtiazA surname.
• ambarAny of various kinds of subterranean or barn-like granary, depending on context, in Iran, Turkey, Russia or the Balkans.
• carboyA large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
• AhvazA city in Iran, the seat of Ahvaz County's Central District and the capital of Khuzestan Province.
• ShireenA female given name from Persian.
• Tamerlanea Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
• ElbrusAn inactive volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia. Elbrus's highest peak is the highest mountain in Europe, and in Russia.
• KafrA village in Shurab district, Fars Province, Iran.
• jelqA penis enlargement technique in which the thumb and index finger are wrapped around the penis and repeatedly drawn away from the body in order to force blood into the glans and encourage vascularity.
• NaqshbandiOf or relating to Baha' al-Din Naqshband, founder of one of the largest Sunni Sufi orders.
• AlamutA castle in Iran and the most famous stronghold of the Nizari Ismailis, also known as the Assassins.
• BamyanA province of Afghanistan.
• gatchTo arrange (a patient's bed) so that its sections bend at the joints, to assist blood flow etc.
• Abdol RezaabadA village in Savalan, Ardabil Province, Iran.
• alubukharaA cultivar of plum found in Turkestan, Iran and the South Caucasus, commonly eaten as a prune (dried plum).
• Amu DaryaA major river in Central Asia, flowing along the borders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, emptying into the (now mostly dry) Aral Sea.
• ardehSynonym of tahini.
• avazAn unmetered vocal section of a mode in Persian music.
• azhdarchidAny member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.
• BasijA paramilitary group under the command of IRGC in Iran.
• BendemeerA subzone of Kallang, Singapore.
• bheestieA water carrier, as to a household or a regiment.
• chilgoza pineA pine of the species Pinus gerardiana, native to the northwestern Himalayas.
• deghanA small-land-owning citizen of the Sassanian Empire.
• dewaniThe role or office of dewan.
• dumpokeA dish of boneless stuffed poultry cooked in dough, butter, and spices.
• ittardanA small decorative bottle used to hold attar.
• kabuliOf, from or relating to the city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
• KhalajestanA district of Iran.
• KhayyamianOf or relating to Omar Khayyám (1048–1131), Persian polymath, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet.
• kuskus grassvetiver
• LirukA village in Zalaqi-ye Gharbi district, Besharat district, Aligudarz, Lorestan Province, Iran.
• Meherpur DistrictOne of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
• MevleviA Sufi Muslim who styles themselves after the Sufi mystic Rumi; a member of the Whirling Dervishes.
• MordadThe fifth solar month of the Persian calendar.
• mourzaA title meaning a noble
• Munshiganj DistrictOne of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
• naqqaliA form of Persian theatre.
• NihangA member of an armed Sikh order who dominated early Sikh military history.
• NishapurA city in Iran.
• NuristaniAny member of an ethnic group found mostly in the Nuristan, Laghman and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, now generally Muslim but having once had an Indo-Iranian polytheistic religion.
• pirismThe following of a Sufi spiritual leader (or pir)
• qalamdanA Persian box or case for storing a pen.
• ressaldarThe native captain of an Indian cavalry regiment.
• RudabaA female given name from Persian.
• sangakAn Iranian whole-wheat sourdough flatbread baked on a bed of small river stones in an oven.
• sarangoustyA form of waterproofed stucco used to preserve walls etc. from damp.
• sarapaA robe of honour.
• shaheen falconA medium-sized, very swift falcon, of a sub-species of Falco peregrinus (Falco peregrinus peregrinator), that hunts small birds.
• ShahrivarThe sixth solar month of the Persian calendar.
• sharabWine, or other alcoholic drinks.
• shebanderA harbourmaster in the Southeast Asia.
• sherryvalliesThick loose riding-trousers, fastened on the outside of each leg.
• suonaA traditional Chinese double-reeded horn with a distinctively loud and high-pitched sound.
• TaklamakanA cold desert in the Xinjiang autonomous region, China, the largest desert entirely contained in China.
• tambooA temporary shelter used by soldiers during the First World War.
• turraA feather-like ornament projecting from a tied turban.
• yakhniAny of various stocks, broths and stews found in many countries from the Balkan Peninsula to South Asia.
• yarakA super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.
• Zargaria secret language and sociolect based on Persian used by goldsmiths and some minorities of Iran, including Persian Jews
• zerbaftGold brocade.