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This list of everyday words shows the similarity between Indo-European languages.

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English Proto Indo-European Old Indian Persian
age


allow

gozâshtan
and hanti anti o, va
apple

sib
ask

porsidan
ask perek, prek
porsidan
axe ak-

axle
áksah
barley gherzdo
jou
be

budan
be called


be happy, be glad


be of use


beach

sâhel
become
vártate (windet) gashtan, gardidan, shodan
bee bhi
zambur
begin

shoru' kardan
big

gonde, bozorg
birch
bhurja-
bird pu-
parande, morgh
black

siâh, meshki
blue

âbi, kabud, azraq
boat

qâyeq
bread

nân
bright

tond, roushan
bring bhrenk
âvardan, âvordan
brother bhrater bhratar barâdar
brown bhruno-, bher- babhru
but apo, epi
laken, ammâ, balke, bal, vali, magar
buy

kharidan
can geno, gno-

carry
bharáti, bíbharti bar, bordan
cat


choose

gozidan
cloud

abr
coal

zoghâle sang, zoghâl
cold

zokâm, sard
come gwem-
tashrif âvardan, âmadan,
comfort


cook

âshpaz
copper

mes
cow gwou- gau gâv
dark

târik, tire
daughter dhugeter duhitar dokhtar
day

youm, ruz
deem


die, starve

rakht bastan, dar gozashtan, mordan
do

kardan, namudan
dog kuon svasar sag
door dhwer-
dar
drink dhreg- ?
nushidan
ear


earth

zamin, khâk
east

khâvar
eat ed- (atti) khordan
edge


eight okto aštau hasht
eighteen

hijdah
eighty

hashtâd
eleven

yâzdah
empire regjo-
doulat
end

maqsad, âqebat, nuk, pâyân, taraf, montahâ, tamâm
enemy

mokhâlef, doshman, adu
escape

câre, goriz
every

kolli, har
evil upelo
badi, su', ghâ'ele, sharr
eye

dide, ceshm, cashm, ein
faithful, loyal

sadiq
fall, autumn, (harvest) karp-
pâ'iz
false

qallâbi, sâkhte
fame, glory

shohrat, ma'rufiyat
family

fâmil
fare per- (piparti)
fast

tond
father peter pita pedar
feel


field

dasht
fifteen

pânzdah
fifty

panjâh
find

peidâ kardan, yâftan
fire

âtesh
fish pitsko pitu mâhi
five penqwe panca panj
flood

seilâb, seil
flower

gol
fog
nabhas ghobâr, meh
foot pod pat pâ, qadam
forty

cehel
four kwetwores, kwetwor catvara cahâr
fourteen

cahârdah
Friday

jom'e
friend

yâr, dust, dustdâr, rafiq, valei
gift


give ghebh
bakhshidan, dâdan
glass

shishe, livân
go

tashrif bordan, raftan
god

khodâvand, khodâ
gold ghlto hiranya talâ, zar
golden

falâi, zarrin
good

kheir, nik, saleh, niku, khub
grab


green ghel-
sabz
grey


hair *ker
gisu, mu, gis
hammer akmon asma cakosh
hand

dast
happy

masrur, khorram
harbour, haven


have

dâshtan
he eis ayam u, vei
head kapwet, kaput
ra'is, sar, kalle, ra's
head kapwet, kaput
ra'is, sar, kalle, ra's
hear

shenoftan, shenidan
heart kerd- hrdaya- qalb, del
heat

garmi, garmâ, harârat, tâb
heaven


help


hero

pahlavân, qahramân
hit, strike

kotak zadan
hold

gir
holy

moqaddas, qodus
honor

tashrif
hope

omid
hope


horse, palfrey

asb, markab
hundred kmto satam
hunger

gorosnegi
hurry


I eg, egom aham man
if kwo-
agar
iron

âhan
isle

jazire
it
idám ân
king

shâh, malek
know gene, gno janati shenâkhtan, dânestan
know
veda shenâkhtan, dânestan
lamp, light


land


language


leather

carm
left

cap
let


let go (of)

vel kardan, heshtan
lie

dorugh goftan
light

dar gereftan
light leukot-
tâbesh
lightning bhlg-
barq
little

qalilan, kucek, kam, andak
live

zistan
load, burden

bâr
love leubh lubhyati mohabbat, mehr, hobb, eshq, mavaddat
make

kardan, sâkhtan
make


man

âdam, mard, ensân, bashar
may terp trpyati
mead
mádhu
milk

shir
Monday

do shambe
money

pul
month
mâ-
moon louksna, men, mens ma mâh
mother mater matar mâdar
mountain

jabal, kuh
mouse
mûs
name
nama nâm
need


neighbor

hamsâye, jâr
night nokt nakt shab
nine enewn, newn nava noh, tes'a
nineteen

nuzdah
ninety

navad
no


north

shamâl, shomâl
nose
nâsa
old eeront, seno
kohne, dirin, qadim, dirine, atiq
one oinos
ahad, yak, yaki, vâhed, yeki, yek
or

ore
áyah
own, have

dâshtan
ox
uksa
pig


plough, plow welk-, wlek

rain

bârandegi, bârân
ready

farâham, hâzer, mohaiyâ, moyassar
red

sorkh
remember

yâd dâshtan, yâd âvardan, be khâter dâshtan
request

darkhâst, talab, khâhesh
right
dakeina ravâ
river

rud, rudkhâne, nahr
rye


sail


salt sel
namak, shur
Saturday

shambe
say sekw-
goftan
sea mari
bahr, daryâ
sea


search

jostoju
secret

serri
see

didan
see

negarestan, negâh kardan
seven septm sapta haft
seventeen

hefde
seventy

haftâd
shall


she sie
u
sheep


ship

jahâz, kashti
shovel


show deik disati neshân dâdan, namudan
silver

noqre, sim
sin

jorm, gonâh, bezeh
sister swesor svasar bâji, khâhar, hamshire
sit sed sidati neshastan
six

shesh
sixteen

shânzdah
sixty

shast
sleep slab-
khâb
snow

barf
son

pesar, ebn
soul

ruh, jân, zât, nafs
south

jonub
speak

goftan, sokhan rândan, sohbat kardan, harf zadan
spear

neize
speech

notq, kalâm, sokhan, sokhanrâni, goftâr, loghat
spring


spring

bahâr
stand

istâdan
star

setâre
stone

sang
street

kuce
strong

tavângar, qavi, tanumand, cire, qors, shadid
such

kazâ
summer
sama tâbestân
sun
suvar, surya khorshid, shams, mehr, âftâb
Sunday

yak shambe
take

akhz kardan, bordan, setâdan, gereftan
tell


ten dekm dasa dah
thank


they

ânhâ, ishân
think

fekr kardan, pandâshtan, gamân bordan
thirst ters trsyati teshnegi
thirteen

sizdah
thirty

si
thousand


three trejes trayas se
through
tirás be
thunder ten- (tanyu) ra'd
Thursday

panj shambe
time

vaqt
to suited, be of use


today

emruz
token


tomorrow

fardâ
tree bhewe
darakht
true wer-
asli, haqiqi, sadiq, râst
Tuesday

se shambe
twelve

davâzdah
twenty

bist
two dwou dva, duva do
venture, risk, dare


village treb
âbâdi, qarie, deh, dehkade, rustâ
wait

sabr kardan
want

khâstan, mâyel budan
warm

garm
water uden udan âb
we wei vayam
weak

sost, âjez, nâtavân, kamzur, za'if
weather

havâ
Wednesday

cahâr shambe
week


west

bâkhtar
what kwod kad mâ, ce
wheat

gandom
wheel
cakrám
when

ke, cun
white kweit svit abyaz, sefid
who kwi-, kwo ka- ke
why

cerâ
wind hwent vati bâd
window, fenestra

panjare
wine

sharâb
winter

zamestân
with

nazd(e), pish(e), alâ, ma'a, hamrâh(e), bâ
woman
jani bâji, zan
wood

jangal
wood, holt kledo-
cub
wool hwlena urna pashm
word

kaleme, vâze, sokhan, harf, lafz, loghat, ebârat
world
viram âlam, donyâ, jahân, giti
write

neveshtan, negâshtan
yellow ghel- hari- zard
yesterday
hya- diruz
you tu
shomâ
you
yuyam
young juwn-, jun yuvasa nouras, javân, khordsâl




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