Greeting in Farsi (1)

Hello and welcome to my Farsi course.

Today I'm going to teach you how to greet someone in Farsi.

There is one key word you need to know: 'salaam'.

'Salaam' comes from Arabic and it actually means 'peace'.

So when we greet someone in Farsi, we're saying 'peace be upon you'.

'Salaam'. The answer to that is 'salaam'.

Of course, the next common line to use is 'good morning', 'good evening' and 'good night'.

Good morning: 'sob bekheyr'.

'Sob': morning.

'bekheyr' means 'be good'.

So we're actually saying 'May your morning be good'.

'Sob bekheyr'.

The answer to that is 'Sob bekheyr'.

What if it's 4 pm?

'Asr bekheyr'.

'Asr' is 'evening' or 'afternoon',

and 'bekheyr' means 'be good'.

'May your evening be good.'

'Asr bekheyr.'

And the answer to that is 'asr bekheyr'.

What if it's 9pm?

'Shab bekheyr'.

'Shab' 'night'.

'Bekheyr' means 'be good'.

'Shab bekheyr'.

May the night be good for you.

It's very important to keep in mind that you use 'sob bekheyr' when you want to say hello.

You will never use it as 'bye'.

You will use 'asr bekheyr' for both 'hi' and 'bye'.

And you will use 'sab bekheyr' only when you want to say 'bye'.

Of course, people never stick to these rules.

Usually, people do not follow the strict rules of grammar or, you know, just cultural rules.

But it's good for you to know that this is the correct way of using these greetings.

Hope you enjoyed it.

Depending on what time you're watching this video,

'asr bekheyr' or 'sabh bekheyr'.

'Khodaa-fez'.

'Khodaa-fez'.

'Khodaa' is 'god'.

'Fez' is the short form of 'hafez',

which is 'may it protect you'.

'May God protect you'.

That's how we say 'bye' in Farsi.

'Khodaa-fez'.

'Farouhar' in Panlavi means 'I choose'.

It refers to a wise man flying on wings.

Some associate the symbol with Zoroastrianism

(the religion of ancient Persia):

the wings stand for 'kheyr' (good) and 'shar' (evil)

and the man is in between.