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🛒 Supermarket Farsi Dictionary — Part 7 of 10
Numbers, Weights & Prices in Farsi for Shopping
Learn to use numbers at the supermarket — from "چند کیلو؟" (how many kilos?) to "چند میشه؟" (how much is it?) — so your child can shop, count, and calculate in Persian.
🔢 Practical Numbers
⚖️ Weights
💰 Money & Prices
🛒 Shopping Math
Series progress
~310 / 200+ words covered
📚 New to Persian numbers? Start with our complete guide: Learn Persian Numbers — How to Count from 1 to 100. Once you know how to count, come back here to learn how to use numbers while shopping.
Weights & Measures — وزن و اندازه (vazn va an-daa-ze)
The words you need at the fruit and vegetable counter
| English | فارسی | Pronunciation | Quick note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⚖️ | Kilogram / Kilo | کیلو | ki-lo | The most-used weight word. "دو کیلو سیب" = two kilos of apples. |
| 📏 | Gram | گرم | geram | Used for smaller items — spices, nuts, sweets. "صد گرم پسته" = 100 grams of pistachio. |
| ⚖️ | Half a Kilo | نیم کیلو | nim ki-lo | نیم means half. Very common at markets — "نیم کیلو گوجه" = half a kilo of tomatoes. |
| 🥛 | Litre | لیتر | li-ter | For liquids — milk, juice, oil. "یک لیتر شیر" = one litre of milk. |
| 🥤 | Millilitre | میلیلیتر | mi-li-li-ter | For smaller liquid amounts. Often abbreviated on packaging. |
| 📦 | Piece / Item | عدد / تا | a-dad / taa | For counting individual items. "سه تا سیب" = three apples. تا is more informal than عدد. |
| 📦 | Box / Packet | جعبه / بسته | jo-be / bas-te | جعبه is a box (e.g., cereal box). بسته is a packet (e.g., pasta packet). |
| 🫙 | Jar / Tin / Can | قوطی / شیشه | gho-ti / shi-she | قوطی is a metal tin/can. شیشه is a glass jar (also means bottle). |
Shopping tip: In Iranian bazaars and vegetable markets, vendors weigh produce in front of you using a ترازو (ta-raa-zoo) — traditional scales. Kids watch the needle swing and announce "دو کیلو شد!" (it became two kilos!). This hands-on experience makes weight vocabulary stick. When shopping with your child, ask them to read the scales: "چند کیلوئه؟" (How many kilos is it?)
Money & Prices — پول و قیمت (pool va ghey-mat)
How to talk about money and ask prices in Persian
| English | فارسی | Pronunciation | Quick note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 💵 | Toman (informal currency) | تومان | to-maan | The currency Iranians actually use in conversation. 1 toman = 10 rials. Everyone says "تومان" not "ریال." |
| 🪙 | Rial (official currency) | ریال | ri-yaal | The official currency on banknotes — but nobody uses it in spoken conversation. Know both! |
| 💰 | Money | پول | pool | The general word for money. "پول داری؟" = Do you have money? |
| 💵 | Cash | نقد | naghd | "نقد میدی یا کارت؟" = Cash or card? Important phrase in modern Iran. |
| 💳 | Card / Credit Card | کارت | kaart | Borrowed from English. Now the primary payment method in Iranian cities. |
| 💸 | Price | قیمت | ghey-mat | "قیمتش چنده؟" = What's the price? One of the first questions kids learn. |
| 🏷️ | How much? / How much is it? | چند / چند میشه؟ | chand / chand mi-she? | THE shopping question. "این چنده؟" = How much is this? Practice it daily. |
| 💸 | Expensive | گرون | ge-roon | "خیلی گرونه!" = It's very expensive! Kids love saying this dramatically. |
| 💰 | Cheap / Inexpensive | ارزون | ar-zoon | The opposite of گرون. "این خیلی ارزونه!" = This is very cheap! |
| 🎟️ | Discount / Sale | تخفیف | takh-fif | "تخفیف داره؟" = Is there a discount? Iranians love a good تخفیف. |
| 🔄 | Change (money back) | پس دادن | pas-daa-dan | Literally "giving back." "پول پسش رو بده" = Give the change back. |
Money culture note: Here's the confusing part — Iranians say تومان but the official currency is ریال. 1 toman = 10 rials. So if something costs 50,000 rials, Iranians say "پنج هزار تومان" (5,000 toman). Kids growing up in the diaspora get confused by this — teach them both! When grandma says "بیست تومان" she means 200,000 rials. It's mental math training disguised as shopping.
Quantity Words — مقدار (megh-daar)
How much or how little — the words that describe amounts
| English | فارسی | Pronunciation | Quick note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 📏 | A little / A bit | یه کم / کمی | ye kam / kam-mi | "یه کم شکر بده" = Give a little sugar. یه کم is informal, کمی is formal. |
| 📊 | A lot / Much / Many | زیاد / خیلی | zi-yaad / khey-li | "زیاد نخر!" = Don't buy a lot! خیلی also means "very" in other contexts. |
| ➕ | Some / A few | چند تا / مقداری | chand taa / megh-daa-ri | "چند تا میخوای؟" = How many do you want? (literally: some pieces want you?) |
| ✅ | Enough | کافی / بسه | kaa-fi / ba-se | کافی is formal "enough." بسه is informal "that's enough!" Kids say "بسه بسه!" = Enough enough! |
| 🚫 | Too much / Too many | خیلی زیاد | khey-li zi-yaad | Literally "very much." "این خیلی زیاده!" = This is too much! |
| ❌ | Nothing / None | هیچی / چیزی نیست | hi-chi / chi-zi nist | هیچی is colloquial. "هیچی نداریم" = We have nothing. Very useful phrase! |
| 💯 | All / Everything | همه / همهچی | ha-me / ha-me-chi | همه is formal "all." همهچی is informal "everything." "همهچی رو میخرم!" = I'm buying everything! |
| ½ | Half | نصف / نیم | nesf / nim | نصف is more exact (50%). نیم is looser "about half." Both widely used. |
Shopping Math — حساب خرید (he-saab-e kha-rid)
The words for adding up your shopping total
| English | فارسی | Pronunciation | Quick note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 💵 | Total / Sum | جمع | jam | Used in math and shopping. "جمع چند میشه؟" = What's the total? |
| ➕ | Plus / Add | بعلاوه / جمع | be-a-laa-ve / jam | "پنج بعلاوه سه" = five plus three. Kids learn this in math class. |
| ➖ | Minus / Subtract | منها / منفی | men-haa / man-fi | "ده منها چهار" = ten minus four. منفی also means negative. |
| ✖️ | Times / Multiply | ضربدر | zarb-dar | "سه ضربدر چهار" = three times four. Useful for calculating bulk items. |
| ➗ | Divided by | تقسیم بر | tagh-sim bar | "بیست تقسیم بر چهار" = twenty divided by four. تقسیم means division. |
| 🟰 | Equals / Is | میشه / مساوی | mi-she / mo-saa-vi | میشه is conversational ("becomes"). مساوی is formal "equals." Both used in math. |
| 🧮 | Calculator | ماشین حساب | maa-shin-e he-saab | Literally "calculation machine." Every Iranian bazaar vendor has one! |
| 🧾 | Receipt / Bill | رسید / فاکتور | re-sid / faak-toor | رسید is the paper receipt. فاکتور is the invoice/bill. Know both for shopping. |
🗣️ Essential shopping phrases with numbers
How much is this?این چند میشه؟in chand mi-she?
Give me 2 kilos.دو کیلو بده.do ki-lo be-de.
Half a kilo please.نیم کیلو لطفاً.nim ki-lo lot-fan.
How many do you want?چند تا میخوای؟chand taa mi-khaay?
It's too expensive!خیلی گرونه!khey-li ge-roo-ne!
Do you have change?خرده پول داری؟khor-de pool daa-ri?
What's the total?جمع چند میشه؟jam chand mi-she?
Can you weigh this?میشه این رو وزن کنی؟mi-she in ro vazn ko-ni?
I'll pay cash.نقد میدم.naghd mi-dam.
That's enough.بسه.ba-se.
🧠 Shopping numbers quiz!
Practice these with your child next time you're at the supermarket or market.
Kilogramکیلو
How much?چند میشه؟
Half kiloنیم کیلو
Tomanتومان
Expensiveگرون
A lotزیاد
Receiptرسید
Enoughبسه
From counting کیلو to calculating تومان — numbers come alive in real shopping.
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