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Greeting in Farsi (1)

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Hello and welcome to my Farsi course.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Good morning: 'sob bekheyr'.

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'Sob': morning.

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'bekheyr' means 'be good'.

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

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'Sob bekheyr'.

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The answer to that is 'Sob bekheyr'.

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What if it's 4 pm?

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'Asr bekheyr'.

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

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and 'bekheyr' means 'be good'.

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'May your evening be good.'

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'Asr bekheyr.'

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And the answer to that is 'asr bekheyr'.

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What if it's 9pm?

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'Shab bekheyr'.

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'Shab' 'night'.

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'Bekheyr' means 'be good'.

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'Shab bekheyr'.

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May the night be good for you.

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

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You will never use it as 'bye'.

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

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

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Of course, people never stick to these rules.

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

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

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Hope you enjoyed it.

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Depending on what time you're watching this video,

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'asr bekheyr' or 'sabh bekheyr'.

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'Khodaa-fez'.

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'Khodaa-fez'.

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'Khodaa' is 'god'.

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

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which is 'may it protect you'.

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'May God protect you'.

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

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'Khodaa-fez'.

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'Farouhar' in Panlavi means 'I choose'.

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It refers to a wise man flying on wings.

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Some associate the symbol with Zoroastrianism

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(the religion of ancient Persia):

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

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and the man is in between.