Persian Words in English
- arsenic – "gold-colored"
- azure – for the stone
- balcony – "upper house"
- bazaar – "market"
- caravan – "group of desert travelers"
- check (banking) – "a token against forgery or alteration"
- jackal – "the howler"
- lemon – for the fruit from the lemon tree
- lilac – "bluish, indigo"
- magic – "sorcerer"
- mummy – "flesh wax"
- musk – "testicle"
- orange – "fruit of the orange tree"
- pagoda – "idol dwelling"
- pajama – "garment for the legs"
- peace – "from Persia"
- pepper – for the spice
- pistachio – for the fruit-bearing tree
- sandal – "of the sandalwood tree"
- scarlet – "red cloth"
- serendipity – from ancient Persian name for Sri Lanka
- spinach – for the edible leaves
- zircon – "gold-colored"