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This is the 100 word Swadesh list. Click here for the 207 word list.

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#EnglishRomanized PersianPersian scriptRomanized Hindi/Urdu Hindi/Urdu scriptRomanized PashtoRomanized KurdishSanskrit ScriptRomanized Sanskrit
1Imanﻣَﻦ maĩमैं; میںmɪn[[]]aham
2thouto inf, ʃomā polتو, شُماinf, āp polतु, आप; تو, آپ tu [[]]tvam inf, bʰavant pol
3weماhamहम; هَمmunʐ[[]][[]][[]]
4thisinاين[[]]یه [[]][[]][[]][[]]
5thatānآن[[]]وه [[]][[]][[]][[]]
6whokiكیkaunکون tsok[[]][[]][[]]
7whatčeچِهkyāक्या; كيا tsəku[[]]kah
8notnaنَه[[]]نهیں [[]]na
9allhameهَمِهsabسب[[]]tæv [[]]sarva
10manyziād, čandinزياد, چَندينbahutبهت[[]]pɪr[[]] bahu
11oneyekيِکekایکyaw yæk[[]]eka
12twodoدوdoدوdwa [[]][[]]dvaya
13bigbozorgبُزُرگbaɽāبڑاluy gɪvrɪk[[]][[]]
14longbolandبُلَند[[]]لمبا[[]] [[]][[]]dūra
15smallkučekكوچِکʧoʈāچهوٹا[[]]bɪʧuːk, ʧuːʧɪk[[]][[]]
16womanzanزَن[[]]عورتʂədza ɑfræt[[]][[]]
17manmardمَردādmīآدمیsaɽayɑdæm, meːr[[]][[]]
18personnafar, fard(indiv.),
ʃaxs, ensān(human)
اِنسان ,شَخص, فَرد, نَفَر[[]]فردʃaxsmærov, ʃæxs[[]]janah
19birdparandeپَرَندِه[[]]پرنده [[]]ʧiːvɑnok[[]][[]]
20dogsagسَگkuttāکتاspaysæg[[]][[]]
21louseʃepeʃشِپِش[[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
22treederaxtدِرَختpeɽدرختwənadæræxt[[]][[]]
23seeddāne, toxmدانِه, تُخم[[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
24leafbargبَرگ[[]]بتا[[]][[]][[]][[]]
25rootriʃeريشِه[[]]جڑ[[]][[]][[]][[]]
26barkpust-e-deraxtپوستِ دِرَخت[[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
27skinpustپوست[[]]کهال[[]][[]][[]][[]]
28meatguʃtگوشت[[]]گوشت[[]]goʃt[[]][[]]
29bloodxunخون[[]]خون[[]][[]][[]][[]]
30boneostoxānاُستُخوان [[]]هڈى[[]][[]][[]][[]]
31fat(n.)roɣan, ʧarbiرَوغَن, چَربی[[]]چربی[[]][[]][[]][[]]
32fireāteʃآتِشāg آگ[[]][[]][[]]agni
33eggtoxm/toxm-e-morɣتُخم, تُخمِ مُرغ [[]]انڈا[[]][[]][[]][[]]
34hornʃāxشاخ[[]] [[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
35taildomدُم[[]] دم[[]][[]][[]][[]]
36featherparپَر[[]] [[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
37fishmāhiماهیmaʧlī مچهلى[[]]mɑsiː[[]][[]]
38hairmuمو[[]] بال[[]][[]][[]][[]]
39headsarسَر[[]] سرsarsær[[]]ʃiras
40earguʃگوش[[]] کان[[]]guh[[]][[]]
41eyeʧeʃmچِشمãːkʰ آنکه[[]]ʧæʃm[[]][[]]
42fingernailnāxunناخون [[]]ناخون[[]][[]][[]][[]]
43nosedamāɣ, biniدَماغ, بينیnākناک[[]] [[]][[]][[]]
44mouthdahānدَهان mũh[[]][[]][[]][[]]vadanã
45toothdandānدَندانdãːtدانت[[]][[]][[]][[]]
46tonguezabānزَبان [[]]زبان[[]][[]][[]][[]]
47footپا pairپیر[[]][[]][[]]pādah
48kneezānuزانو [[]]گهٹنا[[]][[]][[]][[]]
49handdastدَست hātʰﻫاته[[]][[]][[]]hastah
50bellyʃekamشِكَم [[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
51neckgardanگَردَن [[]]گردن[[]][[]][[]][[]]
52breastpestānپِستان[[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
53heartdel,qalbدِل, قَلب dilدل[[]]dɪl[[]][[]]
54liverʤegarجِگَر[[]]جگر[[]][[]][[]][[]]
55drinknuʃidanنوشيدَن[[]] پینا[[]][[]][[]][[]]
56eatxordanخَوردَنkʰānā کهاناxwaɽalxwærɪn[[]][[]]
57bitegazidanگَزيدَن[[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
58seedidanديدَن [[]]دیکهنا[[]][[]][[]]dr̩ʃ
59hearʃenidanشِنيدَن[[]]سننا[[]][[]][[]][[]]
60knowdānestanدانِستَن jānnāجانناpeʒandalzɑniːn[[]]jɲā
61sleepxābidan[[]]sonāسونا[[]][[]][[]][[]]
62diemordan[[]] marnāمرناməɽ kedal[[]][[]][[]]
63killkoʃtan[[]] mārnāمارناməɽ kawalkuʃtɪn[[]][[]]
64swimʃenā kardan[[]] [[]]تیرنا[[]][[]][[]][[]]
65fly(v.)paridan[[]] [[]][[]][[]]pɪriːn[[]][[]]
66walkrāh raftan[[]] [[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
67comeāmadan[[]]ānā آنا[[]][[]][[]][[]]
68liexābidan, derāz keʃidan [[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]] [[]]
69sitneʃastan[[]][[]] [[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
70standistādan, pā ʃodan(get up)[[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
71givedādan[[]]denā دینا[[]][[]]दा
72saygoftan[[]] kehnāکهنا[[]]ɑxɑftɪnवदvad
73sunāftāb, xorʃid[[]] سورج[[]][[]]xæwær[[]][[]]
74moonmāh[[]][[]] چاندspoʐməymæh[[]]ʧandrah
75starsetāreh[[]] [[]][[]]storay[[]][[]][[]]
76waterāb[[]] pānīپانیobəʤɪrɑv[[]]jalã
77rainbārān[[]] bāriʃبارش[[]][[]][[]][[]]
78stonesang[[]] [[]]پتهر[[]][[]][[]][[]]
79sandmāseh[[]] [[]]مٹى[[]][[]][[]][[]]
80earthzamin[[]] [[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
81cloudabr[[]][[]]بادل[[]][[]][[]][[]]
82smokedud[[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
83ashesxākestar[[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
84burnsuzāndan(trans.),
suxtan(intransitive)
[[]][[]]جلنا[[]][[]][[]][[]]
85roadjāde, rāh, xiābān(street)[[]][[]]سڑک [[]][[]][[]][[]]
86mountainkuh[[]][[]] پهاڑ[[]][[]][[]][[]]
87redqermez, sorx[[]]lālلالsur[[]][[]] [[]]
88greensabz[[]]harāهرا [[]][[]][[]][[]]
89yellowzard[[]]pīlāپیلا zeɽzær[[]][[]]
90whitesefid[[]]safed[[]][[]][[]][[]][[]]
91blacksiāh[[]]kālā کالا[[]][[]][[]][[]]
92nightʃab[[]]rātرات ʃpa[[]][[]][[]]
93warmgarm[[]]garmگرم [[]][[]][[]][[]]
94coldsard[[]]ʈʰanɖāٹهنڈا [[]]sɑr[[]][[]]
95fullpur[[]][[]]بهرا [[]][[]][[]][[]]
96newtāze[[]] nayāنیاnawaynuː[[]][[]]
97goodxub[[]] aʧʰːāاچهاʂəqænʤ[[]]sādʰu
98roundgerd[[]][[]]گول[[]][[]][[]][[]]
99dryxoʃk[[]][[]]سوکها[[]][[]][[]][[]]
100namenām, esm نام, اِسم nāmनाम; نامnumnɑv, iːsmनामनnāman

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