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🛒 Supermarket Farsi Dictionary — Part 8 of 10
Colours & Shapes in Farsi — Learned at the Supermarket
Red tomatoes, round oranges, yellow lemons — the supermarket is a colour chart in disguise. Use real food to teach your child every colour and shape in Persian.
🎨 12 Colours
🔷 9 Shapes
🍎 Market Examples
👧 Ages 3–14
Series progress
~360 / 200+ words covered
Colours — رنگها (rang-haa)
Every colour, with a real supermarket example to make it stick
Red
قرمز
gher-mez
🍅 گوجه قرمز = red tomato
🍎 سیب قرمز = red apple
🍎 سیب قرمز = red apple
Blue
آبی
aa-bi
🫐 زرشک آبی = blue barberry
💧 بطری آبی = blue bottle
💧 بطری آبی = blue bottle
Green
سبز
sabz
🥦 کلم سبز = green cabbage
🍏 سیب سبز = green apple
🍏 سیب سبز = green apple
Yellow
زرد
zard
🍋 لیمو زرد = yellow lemon
🌽 ذرت زرد = yellow corn
🌽 ذرت زرد = yellow corn
Orange
نارنجی
naa-ran-ji
🥕 هویج نارنجی = orange carrot
🍊 پرتقال نارنجی = orange fruit
🍊 پرتقال نارنجی = orange fruit
Purple
بنفش
ba-nafsh
🍆 بادمجان بنفش = purple aubergine
🍇 انگور بنفش = purple grapes
🍇 انگور بنفش = purple grapes
Pink
صورتی
soo-ra-ti
🍓 توت فرنگی صورتی = pink strawberry
🌸 گل محمدی صورتی = pink rose
🌸 گل محمدی صورتی = pink rose
Brown
قهوهای
ghah-ve-i
🍫 شکلات قهوهای = brown chocolate
🥜 گردو قهوهای = brown walnut
🥜 گردو قهوهای = brown walnut
Black
مشکی
mosh-ki
🫒 زیتون مشکی = black olive
🌿 دانه کنجد مشکی = black sesame
🌿 دانه کنجد مشکی = black sesame
White
سفید
se-fid
🧅 پیاز سفید = white onion
🥛 شیر سفید = white milk
🥛 شیر سفید = white milk
Grey
خاکستری
khaa-kes-ta-ri
🐟 ماهی خاکستری = grey fish
🫘 لوبیا خاکستری = grey bean
🫘 لوبیا خاکستری = grey bean
Gold / Golden
طلایی
ta-laa-yi
🍯 عسل طلایی = golden honey
🌾 گندم طلایی = golden wheat
🌾 گندم طلایی = golden wheat
Culture note: The colour سبز (green) holds deep meaning in Persian culture — it is the colour of spring, of Nowruz, of hope and new beginnings. At Nowruz, a bowl of green sprouts (سبزه) sits on the Haft-Sin table as a symbol of renewal. The colour قرمز (red) is associated with love and courage. And سفید (white) means purity. When your child learns colours in Farsi, they're also learning to read Persian symbolism.
Shades & Describing Colour — رنگ روشن و تیره (rang-e ro-shan va ti-re)
Modify any colour to be lighter, darker, or brighter
| English | فارسی | Pronunciation | Example | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🌑 | Dark (+ colour) | تیره | ti-re | تیره + colour. "سبز تیره" = dark green. تیره goes AFTER the colour. |
| 🌕 | Light / Pale (+ colour) | روشن | ro-shan | "آبی روشن" = light blue. روشن also means "bright" or "clear." |
| ✨ | Bright / Vivid | درخشان | dor-akh-shaan | "قرمز درخشان" = vivid red. Used for shiny surfaces too. |
| 🎨 | Colourful | رنگارنگ | rang-aa-rang | A beautiful doubled compound word — literally "colour-colour." Kids love it. |
| 🤍 | Colourless / Transparent | شفاف | sha-faaf | For clear packaging, glass jars, water. "بطری شفاف" = clear bottle. |
Shapes — شکلها (sha-kl-haa)
The shapes of every fruit, vegetable, and product in the shop
| English | فارسی | Pronunciation | Supermarket example | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⭕ | Round / Circular | گرد / دایرهای | gerd / daa-ye-re-i | 🍊 پرتقال گرده = the orange is round. 🍉 هندوانه گرده = the watermelon is round. |
| 🟥 | Square | مربع | mo-rab-ba | 📦 جعبه مربعه = the box is square. 🧀 پنیر مربع = square cheese. |
| ▬ | Rectangle / Oblong | مستطیل | mos-ta-til | 🍫 شکلات مستطیل = rectangular chocolate bar. 🥛 کارتن شیر مستطیله. |
| 🔺 | Triangle | مثلث | mo-sal-las | 🥟 سمبوسه مثلثه = the samosa is triangular. 🧀 بعضی پنیرها مثلث هستن. |
| 🥚 | Oval | بیضی | bey-zi | 🥚 تخممرغ بیضیه = the egg is oval. 🍋 لیمو بیضیه = the lemon is oval. |
| 📏 | Long | بلند / دراز | bo-land / de-raaz | 🥕 هویج درازه = the carrot is long. 🥒 خیار بلنده = the cucumber is long. |
| 📐 | Short | کوتاه | koo-taah | 🌶️ فلفل کوتاهه = the pepper is short. Opposite of بلند. |
| 🫙 | Thick / Wide | ضخیم / کلفت | za-khim / kol-oft | نان بربری ضخیمه = barbari bread is thick. کلفت is more colloquial. |
| 📃 | Thin / Flat | نازک / پهن | naa-zok / pahn | نان لواش نازکه = lavash bread is thin. پهن means wide/flat. |
Colour + Food = Real Shopping Sentences
How to combine colours with the foods you already know
🍅
Red tomato
گوجه قرمز
go-je-ye gher-mez
🍏
Green apple
سیب سبز
sib-e sabz
🥕
Orange carrot
هویج نارنجی
ha-vij-e naa-ran-ji
🍋
Yellow lemon
لیمو زرد
li-moo-ye zard
🍆
Purple aubergine
بادمجان بنفش
baa-dem-jaan-e ba-nafsh
🥦
Dark green broccoli
بروکلی سبز تیره
bro-kli-ye sabz-e ti-re
🧅
White onion
پیاز سفید
pi-yaaz-e se-fid
🍇
Purple grapes
انگور بنفش
an-goor-e ba-nafsh
🗣️ Colour & shape phrases at the market
I want the red ones.قرمزاش رو میخوام.gher-mez-aash ro mi-khaam.
Give me the green apples.سیب سبز بده.sib-e sabz be-de.
What colour is this?این چه رنگیه؟in che rang-i-ye?
This one is round.این یه گرده.in ye ger-de.
I want a big yellow one.یه زرد بزرگ میخوام.ye zard-e bo-zorg mi-khaam.
This is very colourful!این خیلی رنگارنگه!in khey-li rang-aa-rang-e!
🧠 Colour quiz — play at the supermarket!
Point at items and ask your child: "این چه رنگیه؟" (What colour is this?)
Redقرمز
Greenسبز
Yellowزرد
Orangeنارنجی
Roundگرد
Longدراز
Colourfulرنگارنگ
Dark greenسبز تیره
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