Persian verb conjugator

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This is an online conjugator for Persian verbs. It can conjugate Persian verbs in all tenses, aspects and moods. Type the infinitive of the verb you want and then, click on Conjugate button or hit Enter on your keyboard.

NOTE All parts of a compound verb must be typed separately. This also includes so-called verbal prefixes: bar, bâz, farâ, foru, dar, etc. Examples:

Correct		Incorrect
bar dâshtan	بر داشتن	bardâshtan	برداشتن
bâz gashtan	باز گشتن	bâzgashtan	بازگشتن
farâ gereftan	فرا گرفتن	farâgereftan	فراگرفتن
dast bar dâshtan	دست بر داشتن	dast bardâshtan	دست برداشتن

NOTE Conjugations are colorized correctly in Firefox but Google Chrome fails to colorize Persian texts correctly. If your browser is Chrome, please use conjugation colorization only for verbs entered in Latin alphabet.

Alphabet

You can enter verbs either in Persian alphabet or in the following romanization scheme. See Persian alphabet and pronunciation for more information.

â	آ	âb	آب	m	م	mâdar	مادر
a	-	asb	اسب	n	ن	nâme	نامه
b	ب	babr	ببر	o	-	omid	امید
ch	چ	chub	چوب	ow	-	howle	حوله
d	د	dust	دوست	p	پ	pâ	پا
e	-	esm	اسم	r	ر	rang	رنگ
f	ف	fekr	فکر	s	س، ث، ص	sefid	سفید
g	گ	gol	گل	sh	ش	shir	شیر
gh	غ، ق	ghâr	غار	t	ت، ط	tasallot	تسلط
h	ح، ه	haft	هفت	u	-	kuh	کوه
i	-	bist	بیست	v	و	varzesh	ورزش
j	ج	jang	جنگ	y	ی	yek meydân	یک میدان
k	ک	ketâb	کتاب	z	ذ، ز، ض، ظ	zur	زور
kh	خ	khâstan	خاستن	zh	ژ	zhâle	ژاله
khw	خو	khwâstan	خواستن	ø	ء، ع	maøni mâyeø sheyø	معنی مایع شیء
l	ل	lebâs	لباس

NOTE If you can't type the following characters, use their alternative form.

Character	Alternative	Example
â	aa	aamadan
ø	'	bal'idan

NOTE The khwâ (خوا) of Persian script is maintained in romanization. Among other reasons, the homophone verbs خواستن (to want) and خاستن (to rise) remain distinguishable. Therefore, خواستن must be entered as khwâstan and خاستن as khâstan. Other verbs having khwâ include: khwâbidan (خوابیدن), khwândan (خواندن).

Tense names

Each language has its own way of naming tenses. For example, the tense of «I have gone» is called «present perfect» in English, «past perfect» in Spanish, «compound past» in French and «narrative past» in Persian. Moreover, not all tenses of a language necessarily have an equivalent in another language. For example, English doesn't have the tense of «rafte bude» and therefore, it can't be named according to English tense terminology: calling it «past perfect perfect» makes no sense. For these reasons, it's best to introduce the tenses of a foreign language with their original name. This is followed both here and in my articles about verb conjugation in Persian. In your books and other places, you may see names that are similar to what is used in your native language but please note that not all tenses are discussed there. When it comes to talking about all Persian tenses, the only possible way is to introduce them by literally translating their Persian name.

Indicative Past

Tense Name	Equivalent tense in English
Past simple	past simple
Past imperfect	None but its usage covers: past continuous. French equivalent: imparfait
Past progressive	past continuous
Past narrative	present perfect
Past narrative imperfect	None but its usage covers: present perfect continuous
Past narrative progressive	present perfect continuous
Past precedent	past perfect
Past precedent imperfect	None but its usage covers: past perfect continuous
Past precedent progressive	past perfect continuous
Past precedent narrative	None
Past precedent narrative imperfect	None
Past precedent narrative progressive	None

Indicative Present

Tense Name	Equivalent tense in English
Present simple	present simple
Present imperfect	None but its usage covers: present simple & present continuous
Present progressive	present continuous

Indicative Future

Tense Name	Equivalent tense in English
Future simple	future simple
Future imperfect	None but its usage covers: future continuous
Future precedent	future perfect
Future precedent imperfect	None but its usage covers: future perfect continuous

Subjunctive Mood

Tense Name	Equivalent tense in English
Past narrative	None. French equivalent: passé du subjonctif
Past narrative imperfect	None
Past precedent narrative	None
Past precedent narrative imperfect	None
Present simple	None. French equivalent: présent du subjonctif

Imperative Mood

Tense Name	Equivalent tense in English
Past narrative	None
Past precedent narrative	None
Present simple	imperative present

Click on any of the following verbs to get them conjugated. There is also a list of top common Persian verbs with English translation. Learning about classification of irregular verbs can help you with memorizing present stems.