Persian Words in English Language

1.

There are more than 600 Persian words in English Language today, some of which are as fallows;
Paradise,(A Persian word meaning Walled garden see Panorama magazine Manila, Sept.18,
2007).Star (setareh/ishtar), Bazaar, Caravan, Bank, Check, Chess, Roxan, Rose, Jasmine,
Parthian-Shots, (=Parting Shots), Sugar (=Shakar), Paw (=Paa), Cow (=Gau), Name (=Naam),
Nan (=Bread), Cake/Kookie (=kak/kooka), Nah (=No), Noh (=nine), Nov (=new), Bad and Better
(=Behtar), Musk (=Mushk), Pajamas, Orange, Dervish, Khaki, Sepoy (=Sepahy), Nav (=Navy)
naval, navigation, navigator, etc, Istana (=Astana), Diwan/Divan, Pashmina (=the Cashmere)
Kooh-e- Noor (=Mountain of Light), Pasha, Pesh Marga, Jungle, Magi, Magic, Magician,
Mummy (=Moumi) Sherryvalies (=Shalvar), Kaftan (=Caftan), Nafta (=naft), Taffeta, Shawl,
Shahtoosh, Sherpa, Bang,Band,Spinach, Saffron, Lemon, Woe! (=Waa/Waay!), Gyn
(=Zan/Woman) Bakh-shish, Penta (=Panj=five), Tak (=attack), Thou (=Toh), Thunder
(=Thondar), Me (=Man), Am (=am), Be (beed/beedan/budan), Is (ist, ast, hast) Ex (az), Eyebrow
(=Abru), Lips (=Lab), Pharao (=Far-zand or son of Ra/Mithra, the Sun-god of Persia and later,
Egypt), Pagoda (=Bot-kada= house of idols see Webster), God (=Khoda also German Gott),
Verandah (=Bar-amdah), Sponge (espanj), Yoga (=yough), Door (=dar), Group (=grouh), Buss
(=Buseh), Officer (=Afsar/Afsara), Mouse (=Moush), Ouch (=Aaakh), Aura (=Ahura), Aurora,
Murra, Ricksha (=Rakhsh), Anchor (=Angor/langar), Barge (=Barga), Iron (=Ahan), Tutty
(=tutia), Canvas (=kanaf), Shiraz/Sherry (wines from Xeres or Jeres of Spain, derived from Shiraz
of Persia), Saraband (the Spanish dance; see Webster), Scimitar/Scimiter (=Sham-shir),
Woe(=waay), Reciet (=Rasid), Juvenile (=javan.) Young (=javan), Cancer (=carchang/kharchang),
Quarter (=Char), Figure (=paikar), Voice (=avaaz), Two (=doh), Six (=Shesh) Nine (=noh), Ten
(=dah), Dentist (=dandansaz), Aqua (Aab=Water), Rustic (=rustai), Loot (=looti), Jel (=gel),
Cummerbund (=camarband), Rook (rokh), Song/Sang (sanj), Rank (rang) as well as Pope
(=Papa/Baba), Pedar (=Father), Madar (=Mother), Nana (=Nanny/Mother), Brother (Baradar)
Brethren(Baradaran), Brothery(Baradary), Dokhtar (=Daughter), Mama (mam = Madar) Mantra,
Camphor (Kafoor) Mortal (= Mordan) Muder (= Murdeh) Morgue (Marg) Being (Boodan)
Danube (= River/ Danav) Gnostic (= Da - nost = Danestan) Damp (= dam/ dama) Daddy (=Dada)
Nunny (=Naneh) Grand (=gran) Sirdar, Anger (= Angara) Prestige (=Parastesh) Pentagon (=PanjGosh) Opium (=Abyun) Enter/Inter (=Antare) Up/Upper (=Apar/Abar) Mind (=Mand/Man) Devil
(=Dev) Candy (=Qand) Rice (=Ros) Rose (=Rouz) Checkered, Scarlet, Tiger, etc. (see Developing
skills in Grammar, Manila, 2006/ P.13). Rout/Road (=Roud, River), Kiosk (=Kooshk), Salamader
(Salamadar), Mana (human/man/mind), Gyan (Dan/ Danesh/Danestan). Saluki (Persian
hound/hund), Tarragon (Tarkhoon), Cuchy (Khoshi/see Webster), Perse (dark-grayish blue), Jakal
(Shaghal) Bush/Bosch (Boteh), Barbican, (Barbar-Khana/see Webster) Baro (Barometer) = weight,
pressure from Persian Bar Cinnabar, Cypress, excheques, gazelle, henna, Jargon, Jasper, Julep,
Kabab, Julep (=Gulab/Rose water, see Webster) Jungle, lilac, lime, margarine, marguerite,
miuscadel, myrtle, narcissus, palanquin, paradise,shawl, peach, peacock, pear, putte, rook,
saccharine, sash, satrap, seersucker, tapestry, tiatra, tiger, tulip, turban (= Dul-band) Leopard
(=Parthian Lion) ( Ref. The splendor of Persia Robert Payne, U.K. 1989). Mourn/morning (=
Moura/zanja-moura) Durbar (Darbar or Diwan of the shah) Un (=like Iran and un-Iran =Aryan and
non-Aryan) Ic (=belonging to like Arabic, Milosovic, etc.) Mamal (Mameh) Chakra/Charka (charkh,
like to the Persian wheel, etc.) Shire (shahr) six (shish) Lout (=Louti/Loudi) Pilaf/Pilan or Paella in
Spanish (Poloh/Polo) Janissari (=Jan Nesari) Sour (=Shoor), Fairy (Pari/Fereshteh), Caviar (from
Persian words Kahv=cake egg amd Yar = energy, meaning Cake egg of strength See
Panorama Manila), Bronze (=Brenj), Chebulic Myrobalan (Bereng Kabuli), Achar (Pickle),
Afreet (afrida/ afridi/spirit), Alorithm (Al-Khwarizmi; the Persian Muslim mathematician), Anger
( Angra minu/Ahriman/ evil spirit), Angel (Angaros, imperial Persian courier-Wikipedia), Arsenic

(zarnig) Arya/Aryan, Aas (Poker game), Azur (Azul from Persian lajward), Babul (acacia
Arabica), Balcony (from Bala=above + Khana = house) Belushi (Baluchi/Baluch tribe of Persia)
Ban (title for governors of Croatia/ Balkans. Probably even Bandera/Bandana etc.), Barbican
(from Persian Khameh/Khan=house), Beige, Bellum (Balam), Bezoar (paad zahr =/antidote),
Biryani (Beryan = roasted, grilled) Tandoori (from Persian Tandoor = oven/Kiln) Morgha (from
Morgh = Chicken) Boombast (from Persian Pamba cotton/ =inflated but empty), Bronze (from
Persian Berenj/ copper) Brinjal (from badinjan/eggplant) Caftan, cannon (Kanoon), Calabash
(=calabasa=kharbuza), Calean (=galyan, shishah water pipe), Calendar (=qalandar), candy
(qand/qandi), Carafe (qarabah) Caravansary (=caravan sara) Carcoon (Tarkash/Tir kash),
Cash (=karsha/Khordah), Cassock (kahz ghand) Caviar (khaye = egg + yar= energy or
dar=having), Ceterach (shitarakh), Chakra (charkh) Charpoy (char paye) Checkmate (Shah
mat =/king shocked), Chess (=shah), Chick (chiq) Cinnabar (=zahjifrach), Coomb (from Gonbad =
dome), Culgee (from Kalgi) Cummerbund (Kamar = waist + band = tie), Cushy (=Khushi), Deva
(=Deev) Dervish (Darvish), Demitasse = (tasht), Doab (doh=two/ab=water=;and between two
rivers) Dogana/Advana (Ad-Diwan = account book/customhouse), Emblic (Aamlah) Euphrates
(=ufratu=sweet water/good to cross over) Ghee, Galingale (Khal-anjan) Gigerium (Gigar/Jigar)
Gizzard (see Gigerium) Gunge (Genj) Jackal (shaghal) Jasmine (yasmine/yaas) Jujube (zayzakun)
Juleb (gulab) Tulip (=doh lab = two lips) Kabob (Kabab), Kaftan (Khaftan) Kambo (the warrior
caste in India/Indochina ad Kambodia, related to Persian King Cambyses Merriam Webster
dictionary and Encyclopedia Britannica) Karez (=Kareez, the underground water system),
Kemancha (musical instrument) Kerana (musical instrument) Kenaf (fiber) khaki, Khoja (Khawja)
Kiosk (kushk = Gushak = corner/pavilion/palace), Koohi Noor (Mountain of light) Kran
(Quran/coin), Kurta (Shirt), Lac (shellac) Lamasery (from Persian seray = house like of
caravasarai, etc), Larim (=lari) Lascar (lash-gar=army) Lemon (limooj), Lilac, Laari (the Maldivan
coins from Laar of Persia), Manticore (mard + khor = man eater), Murra, musk, Naptha (naft)
Neftgil (German from naft + gil = the gel of naft or Naptha clay) Nargil, Naan (bread) Papoosh
(shoe from pa = leg + poosh = cover) Pasar (=Bazaar in Indonesia, Malaysia, etc) Pasha (prince
/pad + shah = smaller king), Peach (from Persicum, like malum Persicum = Persian apple), Percale
(Pargalah type of clothe), fairy (pary), Pilaf (Polov), Pistachio (Pistah) Popinjay (parrot), Punjab
(panj = fine + Aab = water = five rivers) Panjacila (five principles of Dr. Sukarno of Indonesia),
Pyke (from Hindi Prayik from Persian payk = messenger / errand boy), Rank (vang=color/level by
colors), Roc (Rukh/Bind) Rook (Rukh in chess)
Rose, Roxanne (shinning/bright like
Ruz=daytime), Samosa (Sambusa) sandal, Sapindales (spand/espand), satrap, scarlet, Scimatar
(Shamshir), Sepoy (sepahee/soldier), Serangho (Saray=inn) Serendipidity, Shabundar/Shabandar
(shah=king/ruler + Bandar = port/harbor) shame (sharm), Sherry (from Jerez of Spain, ultimately
from Shiraz of Persia), Sherryallies (shalwar) Sitar (three stringed musical tool) spinach, Ginger
(zawjabil/zingiber officinale Rosc), Sugar (Shaker) Suclat (saqalaat/woolen cloth) Tabor (tambur)
Taffeta (Taftah/wollen) Taj Mahal (the crown/the best of all buildings) or the crown Place) Talc
(talf) Tambour/Tambourine/ Tanbur, Tandori (of owen) Tapestry (from Taftan/Tabidan/Taab) Tar
(she tar etc.) Tar (chemical from ka tira/Qitra/Qitran) Tarboosh (sar poosh/head gear/hat/cap)
Tarragon (tarkhoon) Tass (tasht/cup) Tiara (Tara/seh tara/star) Tiger (tigris/origin Persian) Tigris
(pointed/sharp) Tulip (doh lab = two lips) Turban (dul band see Webster) Typhoon (Toofan)
Vispered (=veepers the Avestan rituals) Zanza (music.senj) Tool (=dool, a bucket to fetch water)
Caiesar/Kaiser/Tsar (=Persian Emperor Kasra, the first empire in history) Van (short for Persian
classic Caravan) see Webster; Mezze (=Mazeh, starters in food) Calabasa or Calabash (=Kharboza)
Amuch or Amok (=ultimatel, from A+Mokk, No+Brain) Aprhodite =Afviti/Afridi) Aloe (Ilwa/Lily)
Slamandar (=Samandar) Tar (=Tar/Tarik) Sardin (=Sard) Myrtle (=Moord/Moort/Aas) Inter
(=Antare) Enter (=Antare) Amaranath/Amarantheis (Amarantum/Amardad) Ace (=Aas)
Ambrosia (=Ambariyah) Ambergris (=Ambari) Alcove (=Ala Chiq) Baklava (=Baaflava) Salwar
(=Shalwar) Sanjaree (=Sanjaree) Burgue (=Borj) Tone (=Dong/Dang) Bandle (=Band/Basteh)

Cave (=qaaf) Caucasus (=Qaf qaaz) Magna/Magnanimous/Magnanimity (=Magus/Magi) Sir

(Sar/head/chief) Sacckhar/Saccharim/Saccharose (=Persian Shakar/Sugar) Serendipidity
(=Sandib/Sarandip) Alcazar (=castle/ from Arabic Al + Qasr=from Persian Kasra/Emperors place)
Asphalt (=Az-zoft in Arabic, ultimately from Persian zoft) Tar (gum) Saw/saving (=sawhan)
Chase/Chastity (=Chisht and Chishti) Mayor/Major/Magistrate/Majesty/Majestic etc.
(=Magus/Magi) Lumber (=Lambar/Lanbar) Puff (=Poff) Dolma (=food=Dolmah) Lily (=Nili/Nilufar) Kind as in kindish people (=Kard=did/Action also related to Carma) Carma
(=Karma/Karna/kard/action) Hey! (=Aey!/Aya!) Korta (=Kurtah, origin of Shirt) Leg
(=Leng/Lenga) Wine (=from old Persian May) Astarkhan = Haji-Tarkhan (the lamb and the city
in Causcus from old Persia) Brinijal (=Baderjan) Orgue/Organ (Arg/Arghanoon) Shirwani (=of
Shirwan an old Persian City in Caucasus/a jacket callet Nehru jacket which is Persian influence in
India/Pakistan/Bangladesh, etc.) Day (=Day=Day-ruz. Also the name of the Persian month Day
also Din in Hindi/Sanskrit) Apricot (=Barkuk/Gauja/Aaloo) Bronze (=Brenj/Brenji/Brenjin) Tazik
(=Tazi from Taj, Persian for crown, someone who wears Taj/crown that the Aryans used to wear/Also
Tajik people of Tajikistan/ Also the Tazi of Arabia in Shahnamah of Firdausi, the Persian royalty
who migrated to Arabia several thousand years ago and established the caravans and the first Cities
of Arabia, among the native Beduins of which the name Medina/Madina or city (=from
Medes/Mhads the first people who started cities in the world) For details, see The Lexicon of Ali
Akbar Deh-Khoda, under Tazi. Punch (=Ponch/Fonch) Gaz/Gaze (=Gaaz) Booz (=from Persian
Booza which is also the origin of the well known Arabic Boodah) Bacteria (=Baktar) Bangara
(=Bangarah) Bhang (=Bang) Bezique (=Bazik=Bazi the Persian for game) Bezaar (=from Persian
Pad-zahr) Bezoar goat (first domesticated animal in the World/in Persia) Balcony (=Bala Khooneh)
Bora /Borate/Borated/Borax (=Burdah) Bore (=Boor) Bouquet (=Bogh-cheh) Boata (=Bot)
Vaccine (=of vacca=cow amd gao) Susan (=kind of lily or Nili, Nilu, Nilu-far) Garble
(=Garbal/Gharbil/Gharbal) Gargle (=Ghar-ghar) Hurray/Hurrah (=Hura! From the Persian sun god
Hur which is Khor and Khor-sheed, today) Zedoary (=zad-var) Musol (the old Persian/Kurdish
City now on the borders of Iran with Iraq, but part of Iraq, today) from which the Muslim and
Musselini are derived. Muskmelon (from the Persian word Musk) Two (Doh) Seh (=three) Four
(Chahar/char) Fine (=Panj) Six (Shish) Hasht (=eight) Noh (Nine) Dah (=ten) Easy (=Asaan)
Choreces (=from the Persian Khoroos the rooster) Tap (=tap-tap) Cuf (=carboy/Gharraba)
Carboy (=cap) Gharraba (=Gharraba) Hermes (the Greek god) from the Persian god Hormozd or
Ahura-Mazda,
Demijohn
(=Damjana/Dam-ghani
or
from
Dam-ghan
city
of
Persia/=carboy/Gharraba) Danub river (=from Danu people + Persian/Aryan word
Ao=water/river, etc.) Shaman (=Ataman/from the Aryan/Persian origin) Carafae
(=Qarrab/carboy) Spy/ Espionage (=the old Phalari word Spaso) and probably thousands more to
be discovered in the future! Ether (=Azar as in Azarbaijan= Lan of the fire temple/ also Aatash, like
Aag, in Sanskrit: House (=Haosyanha= Hooshang, from the name of the legendary Persian King,
who was the first to teach the cave man how to build a house for themselves , thus the work house
was adopted from the name of the inventor Haosyanha.)

Persian Words in Filipino Languages

Q: 1. Are these words Qaum and nkhod originally Farsi?
A:
Qaum = Arabic (Persian also) = tribe; relatives
Q: 2. Would you know of a Farsi dictionary with historical etymology that is in English that I can use to
refer to these words?
A:
Check Iranian Lexicon of Deh-Khoda/Persian Dictionary/Wikipedia
Q: 3. Is there a reference book in English that can tell me in what languages these words have been
borrowed?
A:

Wikipedia/ English Borrowed Persian words

----Kauman or kawman = probably also the Holy City of Qom, comes from Arabic/Persian Kaum = relatives;
tribe
means a group of people, clan, its from Arabic, qaum, with the same meaning [1].
In Sama word kauman is derived from kaum+an, a locative affix in Philippine languages, or
means an enclave or settlement where a clan is cognatically related group [2].
(Note: According to the late Dean Majul of UP Islamic Studies i.e. Dr. Caesar Adib Majul, there are some
600 words in Filipino languages of the Arabic and Persian origins, Examples:
1) The Names of the Days of the Week in Muslim South. (Look for the names of the days of the
week)
Names of the Days of the Week in Maranao, Maguindanao, and Tausug:
Monday = Isnim (= Ethnaym)
Tuesday = Talaata (= Thalatha)
Wednesday = Ar-baa (= Ar-ba-ah)
Thursday = Khamis (= Khamees)
Friday = Jomaa (= Jom-ah)
Saturday = Saptu (= As-sabt)
Sunday = Akad (= Al-Ahad)
2) words like: 1) Salamat 2) Akala 3) Alam 4) Labas 5) Kitil (Qatl) 6) Dilim 7) Mamatay (Maat) 8)
Kuya (Khuya) 9) Ala Eh (=Allah Eh!) 10) Bastah (package, see Father Englishs Tagalog-English
Dictionary) 11) Alak (Araq) 12) Hayop (=Hayy =Living beings) 13) Warak (=a leaf of a tree or of
a book, etc) 14) Kapre (=Kafir, unbeliever) 15) Takot (=Taqwa) 16) Hukum 17) Aba! ((=Aba!
=strange, wonderful) See Persian Names p. 1) 17) Abayari (=Abyari = thin/dove) 19) Batya (=
from Arabic Batya, but originally Persian meaning basin) 20) Sabao (=Shurba = soup/broth) Note:
Even Lugao which is considered to be Chinese ends in Au which is Persian/Aryan word for
water, like Lanao, Davao, carabao, as well as the Eau de Cologne! etc.
----Etymology
Persian nkhod, from nw, boat, + khud, master.
Yes Persian naw = Boat from which English Navy/Navigation/Navigator come.
Khoda = Persian for God/god/Lord/Master/Chief
Dictionary

In India, the captain or master of a boat or vessel.

Synomym: captain
[1] The meanings of the terms kauman and nakhoda were obtained from my personal communication
with my colleague from the University of the Philippines Prof. Maria Khristina Manueli of the
Department of Linguistics
[2] In Bahasa Melayu it means an ethnic group, i.e. [of Bumiputera groups in Sabah (Bumi =
Persian/Sanskrit word for Natives)] the third ethnic group [kaum] is the Badjau, Nagatsu, K. quoting from
official high school textbook 2001:220). In some literature on the Badjau status (Chou, c.2005; Gusni,
Saat, 2003; etc.), it is often cited that sendentarized Badjaus have attained higher status compared to those
who seasonally live on houseboats and/or house-on-piles.
----Some more Persian words in Filipino
1) korma = dates (fruit, sweet)
2) komaw = kom-aw = jug of water (see Father English Dictionary of Tagalog-English)
3) Carabao/Cubao/Tamarao = Cow of Au = (Persian word for water (Water Cow/Buffalo))
4) All names ending in Au like Lanao/Davao/Maranao/Mindanao = is Persian word for water (like
Eau de Cologne)
5) Maynilad = from Nila/Nilu, Persian for Lily
6) Pasay = from Turkish Pasha from Persian Padeshah (small king/prince) versus Shah (the Great
King)
7) Alabang (probably from Allah Bang (Persian bang call of Allah/Azan for Muslim prayers)
8) Datu (chieftain) Persian, see Persian Names by Maneka Gandhi/India 1994 edition.
9) Cabin (Persian marriage ceremony) Cavin Du-a among the Tausugs
10) Mana/(Tagalog mana = similar/ka mukha) Persian related to the Persian prophet Mani (300 A.D.)
See Persian Names (by Maneka Gandhi/India 1994)
11) Salakhod = Persian kola-khod special cap or headgear for Muslim Datus (like Nur Misuari
style)
12) Barzanji (Muslim chants) religious songs
13) Darageen (epic songs of Mindanao) probably from Persian Taraneh = song/chants/epics, etc.
14) Abdan (water jug/small pool) in the entrance of the palace or mansions of Datus.
15) Pusa = cat in Filipino, probably from the Persian word Puzah which refers to the snout of the
animal. Nguso in Tagalog or snout sounds very close to Puzah or Puzeh in old Persian.
16) Adarna (Ibong Adarna/Darna) The name of a big flying bird with long neck and legs, is a famous
Persian bird.
17) Bata (= Persian = Bach-cha) a child

18) Manok (= Persian = Morgh (see Persian Names))

19) Sari-Manok (= Simorgh) see Shahnama of Firdausi the story of Rustum x Sahrab
20) Bazar or Bazaar (= the Persian markets)
21) Labi (= Lab) - or lips
22) Lakad (= Lagad) the legs/kicking with legs, etc.
23) Basta (Spanish, but ultimately from the Persian word Bas meaning enough or enough
already, stop!) etc.
24) Ratu = same as datu, chieftain, priest, prophet
25) Bayad (=must, what is necessary)
26) Hatao (=At once, see Persian Names p. 165)
27) Yan (=Aan/Un)
28) Yin (=In/Hamin)
29) Ini (=Ineh!)
30) Warat (=Warat) see Amid Persian Dictionary
31) Pilikmata (=Pelke(chashm))
32) Yaya (=Daya/Dayeh)
33) Takuri (=Quri)
34) Bobo (=Babu)
35) Bato (=Batu/see Persian Names p. 84)
36) Kulong (=Kolun, a kind of lock in olden days behind the doors/gates, etc.)
37) Lugao
(=the
ao
is
definitely
a
Persian/Aryan
Lanao/Davao/Carabao/Tamarao, as well as Eau de Cologne!)
38) Siopao (see Lugao explanation)
39) Sabao (=Shurba/Soup/Broth) See Lugao explanation
40) Wasak (=from Arabic, but ultimately from Persian)
41) Lahar (El-Khar = Khar-re = mud)
42) Mukha (=from Arabic, but ultimately from Persian)

word

for

water

like

43) Dangwa (=Dangua, Country, Land, see Persian Names p. 106)

44) Pasay City, from Turkish Pasha (=Prince) ultimately from Persian Padeshah (=small king/prince
vs. Shah = the Great King). Pasay City was the city ruled by the son of Rajah Lakandula of
Tondo, therefore it became the city of the Pash or Pasay City. (Note: Pasay Road in Makati City
and several other similar names of places)
45) Pasig River probably from Pasa Ilog (River of the Prince/Ruler or the Prince of Rivers from
the Persian Pasha/Padshah (see Pasay City))
46) Marawi City probably from the ancient Persian city of Marv or Merv which is now in the
Central Asian Republic of Turkmenistan.
47) Cotabato (cota-bato or castle of stone) the word cota comes from a Persian word meaning
mound/castle and bato is another Persian word meaning stone/seeds of cherry etc. like
buto in Tagalog. (See Persian Names/India/1994 p. 84)
48) Butu = from Persian Butu = pill/seeds of cherry etc.
49) Dusa, from Persian word Duzakh meaning Hell/hardship. (see Tagalog-English Dictionary by
Father English, National Bookstore, 2002.)
50) Ilao = light, probably from Persian sun god Ra or Mitra.
51) Araw = Day or sun probably from Ra or Mitra the Persian sun god (see Ilao)
52) Paa = from Persian word paa meaning leg (=like the Persian words of pa-jamah or pyjama the
cloth of legs. See Webster)
53) Salawal = from the Persian word Shalwar (Also used in Indian, Arabic, and some other
languages) meaning pants.
54) Nanay = from Persian word of endearment for mother (Note: Even mother is from Persian
madar)
55) Tatay = father, from the Persian word Dada meaning old man or father
56) Salabat = from Sharbat in Arabic and Persian ultimately from the Persian Shar-Ab or ZarAb meaning Golden water or wine. Today it means also any sweet drinks (soft/hard). Even
the English syrup comes from that Persian word Sharbat.
57) Bulul = the rice god of the native Filipinos, probably from Boh-lul a legendary Arabian/Persian
mystic of the 8th century A.D. (contemporary of the Khalifah Harun Ar-rashid 764-809 A.D.)
58) Batalla = Either from the Indo-Aryan (=Persian) veda or vatara who was a deity, or from
Arabic Baitullah, House of God
59) Padre = from the Spanish for priest or father but ultimately from Aryan (=Iranian) word
pedar/petar meaning father.

60) Madre = from the Spanish word Madre meaning nun or female Catholic religious worker, but
ultimately from the Aryan (=Iranian) word Madar or mother.
61) Kaka = from the Persian word Kaka meaning elder brother (=from the Pahlavi-Avestan word of
Ha-Kha as in the Ha-Kham or the Ha-Kham-Ens the Achamenian dynasty of Cyrus the Great
see Persian Names/India/1994 p. 156)
62) Kuya = from the old Persian Ha-Akhu or Akhuy meaning elder brother (see Kaka for
details).
63) Hiya = from Arabic Hayaa meaning shyness/shamefulness/shame. Its also used in Persian in
the same meaning.
64) Ao
=
the
most
famous
suffix
in
Tagalog
language
like:
Mindanao/Lanao/Davao/Cubao/Carabao/Tamarao etc. All come from that Persian word ao for
water.
65) Aub-dast = the Muslim word for Ablution (=wodu in Arabic) comes from the Persian word Aa
(see Ao) and dast the Persian word for Hand. It means washing hand for prayers. (Note:
Even Chinese Muslims in Hong Kong or the mainland China use Aub-dast. Even Eastern
European Muslims in the Balkans and the former Yugoslavia say the same.)
66) Alabang = from two Persian and Arabic words of Allah (meaning God) and Bang (like the Big
Bang), the Persian word for call (to prayer) meaning To shout or inform the people for prayer
to Allah). The towns of Alabang in Metro Manila and Malabang in Mindanao probably got their
names from Allah + Bang!
67) Farman = the Persian word for order/command/ruling. It is used by the Muslim Filipinos to
mean the Teachings of the Holy Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H.).
68) Iranon = the famous Muslim tribe of Mindanao probably from an Aryan ancestry or Iranian.
Also take note of the Iraya festivals and the Irian-Jaya in Indonesia and Ireland (=Land of the
Aryans) etc.
69) Hukum = the judge in Filipino comes from the Arabic word meaning ruler or judge but that
also comes from the Hebrew Ha-Kham (=Rabbi/Judge) and finally from the old Persian HaKham-Ems (=the ruler/protector of the people) see Persian Names p. 156
70) Araw ng Hukum = the Day of Judgment, both the words of Araw and Hukum are originally
Persian (See Araw x Hukum for details)
71) Siyasat = the Filipino word for investigation by government agencies, probably from the
Arabic/Persian origin of syasat which means Governance/Policy/Politics/Punishment, etc.
72) Panjtan = Either from the Indo-Aryan (=Iranian) Panchait meaning the Village Council/Council
of the Elders or from the Pantjan, the Five Holy Members of the Family of the Holy Prophet
about who the verse 33 of the Chapter 33 in the Holy Quran, was revealed.

73) Mano-Sya = A human being, a man, from the Indo-Aryan (=Iranian) man. Mana meaning
mind/Human. (See Persian Names p. 259)
74) Manok = chicken comes from the Persian manuk and later on Morgha meaning chicken.
See Persian Words p. 261
75) Sari-Manuk = from the legendary Persian bird of Simorgh which is in the famous Persian epic
of Rustom and Suhrab in the Shahnamah of Firdausi.
76) Mana = the Tagalog word for taking after from the Persian word Mani (the Persian prophet)
and Mandan meaning similar to someone or something. See Persian Names p. 259
77) Ito = Filipino for This/this is . . . from the old Persian origin of Eton meaning this (Note: Also
in the Slavic languages like Russian its used as: Eta meaning this)
78) Tabo = from the Persian word Aub-taba = water holder or Taba for any container of water, food,
etc.
79) Samar = probably from Samar-kant, the Ancient Persian City in Central Asia (Now part of
Uzbekistan) which was named after the King Samar. (See Persian Names p. 390)
80) Ahon = probably from the Persian word Ahon, a cave or an underground way meaning a road, a
path. (See Persian Dictionary of Ameed p. 77)
81) Sako = from the Spanish word saco = sac but ultimately from Persian.
82) Kalabasa, from the Spanish word calabasa meaning squash which itself comes from the Persian
word Khar-boza (probably during the 700 years of Moorish rule in Spain, where most of the
Arab scholars there were actually Persian Muslims, whose Islamic names and Islamic looks
were mistaken as Arabs across the board as the word Saracin (=meaning Khorasanis or Persian
Muslims in the Islamic Army) meant Arab to the whole world!
83) Ama = from the Persian word Ama (=God) See the Persian Names p. 27.
84) Manila = comes from the word May-Nilad which is the Persian word Nila/Nilu/Nilufat meaning
Lily flower. So, May-Nilad means where Lily flowers grow abundantly.
85) Ustad (=the religious teacher or guru) comes from the same Persian word. The Filipino and
Chinese Muslims use it for their religious teachers (Note: Even in Arabic, the same old Persian
word is in use, today)
86) Palawan = probably from the Persian word Palava or Palaba or Pahlavi meaning
nobles/city people vs. villagers. Even in India and Java and probably Palao in the Pacific
Ocean, the words go back to the Persian tribe of Pahlavi (see Hinduism by H. K. Narayan, 2001)
87) Pagoda = the Buddhist Temple, comes from the Persian word Bot-Kada (=house of idol). See
Webster Dictionary.

88) Abdan = the water jar in the entrance of the palaces of Datus in Mindanao comes from the
Persian word Aub = water + Dan = place or water holder.
89) Barzanji or Barzangi = from the Persian word Bar + zang/zanj meaning religious chants about
Allah, or about the Holy Prophet Mohammad or his descendants or the Sharifos in Mindanao.
90) Here are some Persian Names n the Filipino languages: 1) Rajah Humabon of Cebu from IndianAryan (= Iranian Rajah = Ruler) and Humayun the legendary Persian King. 2) Rustum 3) Sohrab
4) Cyrus 5) Darius 6) Parvin 7) Firdausi 8) Pasha 9) Xerxes 10) Firooza 11) Roxan/Roxana 12)
Bandali (Banda Ali) 13) Panjatan 14) Mitra 15) Amil Hosain 16) Amil Hasan 17) Fariba

For more details please see this written article on Persian Influences in South East Asia plus the
Contribution of Persia to the World Civilization.
Thanks and more power.
Prof. M.S. TAJAR

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