Persian Verb Conjugator

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Verb List

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

Features

Three levels of conjugation for different use cases: basic tenses, common tenses and all tenses
Ability to conjugate verbs in negative form in addition to positive form
Ability to conjugate verbs in passive voice in addition to active voice
Ability to recognize and conjugate constructed and newly coined verbs
Ability to colorize conjugations

Compound verbs

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
بر داشتن bar dâštan	برداشتن bardâštan
باز گشتن bâz gaštan	بازگشتن bâzgaštan
فرا گرفتن farâ gereftan	فراگرفتن farâgereftan
دست بر داشتن dast bar dâštan	دست برداشتن dast bardâštan

Alphabet

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

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

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

Character	Alternative	Example
â	aa	آمدن aamadan
č	ch	چیدن čidan
ǧ	gh	غلتیدن ghaltidan
š	sh	شدن shodan
ž	zh	ژکیدن zhakidan
ø	'	بلعیدن bal'idan

The xwâ (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 xwâstan and خاستن as xâstan. Other verbs having xwâ include: xwâbidan (خوابیدن), xwândan (خواندن).

Table of Tenses

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” (pretérito perfecto) in Spanish, “compound past” (passé composé) in French and “narrative past” (گذشته‌ی نقلی) in Persian. There can be conflicts between the names: what they call “past perfect” in Spanish, means a different tense in English (I had gone). Moreover, not all tenses of a language necessarily have an equivalent in another language. For example, English does not have any tense equivalent to Persian tense “رفته بوده” and therefore, it can not be named according to English tense terminology: “perfect past perfect” or “past perfect perfect” make no sense. For these reasons, it is best to introduce the tenses of a foreign language by literally translating their original name. This approach is followed both here and in my articles about verb conjugation in Persian. In other resources, you may see names that are similar to what 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 with their Persian name.

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

Indicative Present

Tense Name	Equivalent in English
Present simple	present simple
Present imperfective	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 imperfective	None but its usage covers: future continuous
Future precedent	future perfect
Future precedent imperfective	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 imperfective	None
Past precedent narrative	None
Past precedent narrative imperfective	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 most common Persian verbs with English translation. Learning about classification of irregular verbs can help you with memorizing present stems.