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- 70+ body parts in Farsi, organised by face, upper body, lower body, and internal organs
- Persian script, pronunciation, and natural English meaning for each word
- Important learner notes: why پا can mean both leg and foot, and when to use معده vs شکم
- Useful phrases for pain, health, descriptions, and everyday conversation
- Clear internal links to medical, emergency, and idiom pages so each topic has a separate search intent
Body Parts in Farsi: 70+ Persian Words with Pronunciation
Body parts in Farsi are some of the most useful words for beginners. You need them to describe people, talk about pain, understand doctors, follow children’s lessons, and use many common Persian expressions.
This guide gives you a practical list of Persian body vocabulary with script, pronunciation, and examples. It focuses on the words learners actually need: face, hands, arms, legs, organs, pain phrases, and a few cultural notes that help you sound more natural.
This page is the vocabulary guide. For idioms such as “چشم” meaning “OK” or expressions with دست and پا, see Persian expressions with body parts →. For symptoms and health problems, use common health problems in Farsi →.
Used literally and in many idioms.
Also used politely to mean “OK / gladly”.
Very common in daily phrases and idioms.
Context decides whether it means leg or foot.
Common everyday word for stomach area.
Used medically and emotionally.
Face vocabulary is usually the first body category learners need. These words appear in descriptions, family conversations, health situations, and Persian idioms.
| English | Persian | Pronunciation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | سر | sar | Also used for mind, top, or leadership in compounds. |
| Face | صورت | surat / soorat | Formal and everyday. |
| Hair | مو | mu / moo | Plural is often موها. |
| Eye | چشم | cheshm | The چ sound is like “ch” in chair. |
| Eyebrow | ابرو | abru / abroo | Common in descriptions. |
| Eyelash | مژه | mozheh | Useful for beauty and face descriptions. |
| Ear | گوش | gush / goosh | Also used in listening idioms. |
| Nose | بینی / دماغ | bini / damāgh | بینی is more standard; دماغ is very common in speech. |
| Mouth | دهان | dahān | Formal/everyday. |
| Lip | لب | lab | Plural: لبها. |
| Tooth | دندان | dandān | Dentist = دندانپزشک. |
| Tongue / language | زبان | zabān | Means both tongue and language. |
| Chin | چانه | chāneh | Used literally; also in some expressions. |
| Forehead | پیشانی | pishāni | Useful for health and descriptions. |
| Cheek | گونه | guneh | Also means “kind/type” in other contexts. |
| English | Persian | Pronunciation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neck | گردن | gardan | Also appears in responsibility expressions. |
| Shoulder | شانه | shāneh | Can also mean comb depending on context. |
| Arm | بازو | bāzu / bāzoo | Specific word for arm/upper arm. |
| Hand | دست | dast | Can mean hand or arm generally in speech. |
| Finger | انگشت | angosht | Toe = انگشت پا. |
| Thumb | انگشت شست | angosht-e shast | Literally “thumb finger”. |
| Nail | ناخن | nākhan | Fingernail or toenail. |
| Wrist | مچ دست | moch-e dast | Literally “joint of the hand”. |
| Elbow | آرنج | āranj | Common anatomical word. |
| Chest | سینه | sineh | Can mean chest or breast depending on context. |
| Back | پشت | posht | Also means behind/back side. |
| Waist / lower back | کمر | kamar | Often used for back pain: کمرم درد میکند. |
Important: In Persian, پا can mean both “leg” and “foot”. If you need to be specific, use کف پا for the sole of the foot, مچ پا for ankle, and انگشت پا for toe.
| English | Persian | Pronunciation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leg / foot | پا | pā | Means both, depending on context. |
| Thigh | ران | rān | Upper leg. |
| Knee | زانو | zānu / zānoo | Common in health and exercise vocabulary. |
| Calf | ساق پا | sāgh-e pā | Lower back part of the leg. |
| Ankle | مچ پا | moch-e pā | Literally “joint of the foot”. |
| Foot sole | کف پا | kaf-e pā | The bottom of the foot. |
| Heel | پاشنه | pāshneh | Also used for shoe heel. |
| Toe | انگشت پا | angosht-e pā | Literally “finger of the foot”. |
These words are useful when talking about health, symptoms, doctors, or family medical situations. For a larger medical list, use the dedicated Persian medical dictionary.
| English | Persian | Pronunciation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart | قلب | ghalb | Medical and emotional word. |
| Brain | مغز | maghz | Also used metaphorically for intelligence. |
| Lung | ریه | riyeh | Plural: ریهها. |
| Stomach | معده | me’deh | More anatomical/medical. |
| Belly / abdomen | شکم | shekam | Everyday word for stomach area. |
| Liver | کبد / جگر | kabed / jegar | کبد is medical; جگر is everyday/food/emotional. |
| Kidney | کلیه | kolyeh | Medical word. |
| Pancreas | لوزالمعده | loz-ol-me’deh | Mostly medical/scientific context. |
| Bone | استخوان | ostokhān | Useful for pain/injury phrases. |
| Skin | پوست | pust / poost | Also means peel/rind. |
| Blood | خون | khun / khoon | Common in health and idioms. |
The most useful pattern is:
[Body part] + ـم + درد میکند = My [body part] hurts. Example: دستم درد میکند = My hand hurts.
For urgent situations, use the dedicated guide: Emergency phrases in Persian.
Persian uses body parts in many idioms. This page only introduces the basic idea so it does not compete with the dedicated idiom pages.
| Expression | Pronunciation | Literal Meaning | Real Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| چشم | cheshm | Eye | OK / gladly / as you wish |
| دست به کار شدن | dast be kār shodan | To put hand to work | To get started |
| سر به سر کسی گذاشتن | sar be sar-e kasi gozāshtan | To put head to someone’s head | To tease someone |
| پا به فرار گذاشتن | pā be farār gozāshtan | To put foot to escape | To run away |
For the full idiom cluster, read: Persian expressions with body parts, Persian expressions with چشم, and Persian expressions with دست and پا.
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Book a Free Trial Lesson →Body parts in Farsi are called اعضای بدن (a’zā-ye badan). Common examples are سر (sar, head), چشم (cheshm, eye), دست (dast, hand), پا (pā, leg/foot), شکم (shekam, belly), and قلب (ghalb, heart).
The Persian word for hand is دست (dast). In everyday speech, دست can sometimes refer more generally to the hand or arm area, while بازو (bāzu) is the more specific word for arm.
The Persian word پا (pā) can mean both leg and foot. Context usually makes the meaning clear. For more specific words, use مچ پا (ankle), کف پا (sole of the foot), and انگشت پا (toe).
معده (me’deh) means stomach in a more anatomical or medical sense. شکم (shekam) means belly, abdomen, or stomach area and is more common in everyday speech.
You say سرم درد میکند (saram dard mikonad). The pattern is body part + ـم + درد میکند, meaning “my [body part] hurts.”
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