Vegetables & Herbs List

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سبزی ها

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