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سبزی ها

پیاز pīyāz ‘onion’	پونه pone ‘pennyroyal’	بادمجان bādemjān ‘eggplant’	اسفناج esfanāj ‘spinach’
جعفری jafarī ‘parsley’	ترخان tarkhān ‘tarragon’	تربچه torobche ‘radish’	پیازچه pīyāzche ‘green onion’
ریحان reyhān ‘basil’	ذرّت zorrat ‘corn’	خیار khīyār ‘cucumber’	چغندر choghondar ‘beet’
شوید shevīd ‘dill’	شلغم shalgham ‘turnip’	سیر sīr ‘garlic’	سیب زمینی sībzamīnī ‘potato’
کاهو kāhū ‘lettuce’	قارچ qārch ‘mushroom’	فلفل دلمه ایی felfeldolmeī ‘bell pepper’	فلفل felfel ‘pepper’
کلم kalam ‘cabbage’	کرفس karafs ‘celery’	کدو تنبل kadūtanbal ‘pumpkin’	کدو kadū ‘zucchini, squash’
لوبیا سبز lūbīyāsabz ‘green bean’	گوجه فرنگی gojefarangī ‘tomato’	گل کلم golkalam ‘cauliflower’	گشنیز geshnīz ‘coriander’
نعناع nanā ‘mint’	نخود فرنگی nokhodfarangī ‘peas, snow peas’	مارچوبه mārchūbe ‘asparagus’	لیمو līmū ‘lemon, lime’
هویج havīj ‘carrot’

NOTES: Vegetables in general are called سبزیجات sabzījāt ‘vegetables and herbs.’ The grilled corn is called بلال balāl. بادمجان has a variation as بادنجان. Also, colloquially it is pronounced بادمجون / بادنجون. The word قارچ also means ‘fungus, mold, etc.’. ریحان is colloquially pronounced ریحون ترخان is colloquially pronounced ترخون کدو تنبل literally means ‘lazy squash’ — probably because it looks like a big belly.