Persian translations at their best

Recently my best friend's other best friend (sidenote: whenever I write something like this I always think of the ecard that says 'That moment when you hear someone else call your best friend their best friend and you are like...no'. That's not us though, nothing but love every girl needs a blonde and brunette bestie) posted an article from Chai and Conversation on her facebook wall and it inspired me to dig a little deeper into translating some funnies from my very beautiful and funny second language. Definitely visit the link above because there are some classics in there, but here are some other gems.

1. Popcorn - Chohs-e-feel
I'm sure your thinking 'Ok, how weird could this translation be?'. Well the direct translation is an elephants silent fart.

2. I miss you - Delam tang shod
Translation: My stomach is tight for you

3. Strawberry - tootfarangi
Translation: Foreign berry
Apparently they didn't have strawberries in old Persia

4. Potato - Seebzamini

Translation: apple from the dirt

I love some of these translations because they make so much sense. 

5. It got me good (slang) - Pedaram dar omad

Translation: My dad came out

6. Little rascal - Pedar sookhteh (term of indearment usually from adults to little kids)

Translation: your dad is burned

7. You made a dumb misake - Gooz be rishet  (don't say this to older iranians. It's safe to say that you shouldn't say anything with the word gooz, to older people)

Translation: fart to your beard

8. Crab - Kharchang 

Translation: donkey with claws/pinchers

Ya I don't get it either...

9. Rabbit - Khargoosh 

Translation: donkey ears

Apparently Persians had only seen donkey's back in the day, so everything was a derivitive of donkey

Hope you all enjoyed this little Persian lesson. 

Booses (kiss kiss),

Shenine joon