English	Meaning	Dari	Meaning in present day Dari
Shawl	A square or oblong piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck and shoulders	Shal	Same
Taffeta	A crisp, smooth, plain-woven fabric with a slight sheen, made of various fibers, such as silk, rayon, or nylon, and used especially for women's garments.	Taftah	Silk or linen cloth
Khaki	A light olive brown to moderate or lit yellowish brown.	Khaki	Dusty from Khak, dust
Divan	1.A long backless sofa, especially one set with pillows against a wall. 2. A counting room, tribunal, or public audience room in Moslem countries. also, The seat used by an administrator when holding audience. 3. A book of poems, especially one written in Farsi by a single author.	Deevan	1. A book of poems.  2. A large chamber in a building.
Caravan	1. A company of travelers journeying together, across a desert or through hostile territory. 2. A single file of vehicles or pack animals.	Karvan or Carvan	A company of travelers, in old times, gathering together with their camels, horses and other travel means, traveling together between cities and countries.
Caravansary	Inn were caravans rest; earlier carvarzara (1599); borrowed from middle French carvansera, from Persian Karwansarai (from Karwan carvan + sarai inn)	Carvansari or Karavansari	Inn or motel (old usage)
Bazaar	1. A market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East. 2. A shop or a part of a store in which miscellaneous articles are sold.	Bazaar	Same
Julep	1. A mint julep. 2. A sweet syrupy drink, especially one to which medicine can be added.	Gulab	1. Rosewater, gul rose and ab water. 2. Gulab, a kind of flower.
Jackal	Any of several dog like mammals of the genus Canis of Africa and southern Asia that are mainly foragers feeding on plants, small animals, and occasionally carrion.	Shaghal	Same
Tambourine	An instrument consisting of a small drumhead with jingling disks that are fitted into the rim. It is shaken with one hand and struck with the other.	Tamboor	A string instrument with a stick and football shaped head. It is played in similar manner as other string instruments are played.
Pistachio	1. a. A deciduous tree of central and western Asia having innately compound leaves and dry, drupaceous, nut like fruits. b. The nut like fruit of this tree, having an edible, oily, green or yellow kernel.	Pista	Same as in English, The nut like fruit of a tree. Of Middle Dari, pistak.
Spinach	1. A widely cultivated Asian plant having succulent, edible leaves. 2. The leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.	Aspanakh (old usage)	Not in use.
Azure	1. A light purplish blue. 2. The blue sky.	Lajvard or lajvardi	From Dari word of lajvard, lapis lazuli
Lilac	1. Any of various shrubs of the genus, Syringa, especially. Svulgaris, widely cultivated for its clusters of fragrant purplish or white flowers. 2. A pale to light or moderate purple.	Nilak from nil (Old usage)	Dark blue. From Middle Dari.
Paradise	Heaven, the garden of Eden.	Pairi-daeza (old usage from Avestan)	Not in use.
Bad	1. Not good; not as it should be 2. Inadequate or unfit	Bad	Not good
Cummerbund	A wide sash worn as waistband, especially with men's formal dress.	Cummerbund	Cummer means waist and band means tying. It has the same meaning as used in English, a wide sash worn around waist.
Band	Somthing that binds, ties, or encircles, as a strip or ring or wood, rubber, metal etc.	Band	Same
Bandage *	.	.	.
Brother	1. A male related to one by having the same parents. 2. A friend who is like a brother. 3. A fellow member of the same race, church, or profession.	Brother	Same
Candy	A solid confection of sugar or syrup	Qandy or Qand	Same
Canon	1. A law of body of laws of a church. 2. a) A basic rule or principle b) A criterion	Qanon	Law, rule or principle
Daughter	A girl or woman as she is related to either or both parents.	Dokhter	Same
Kaiser	Emperor. The title of the rulers of Austria and Germany.	Qaiser	Emperor. It was usually used to refer to Roman emperors.
Magazine	1. A warehouse or military supply depot.  2. A space in which explosives are stored, as in a fort. 3. A supply chamber, as in rifle, camera, etc. 4. A periodical publication containing stories, articles etc.	Maghzan	Maghzan, means a storage place for anything.
Magi (magus sing.)	The wise men came bearing gifts to infant Jesus.	Magi	From old Dari.
Magic	.	Magic	.
Mummy	Dead body preserved by embalming, as by ancient Egyptian	Mumyaee	Same
Orange	A round, edible, reddish-yellow citrus fruit, with a sweet, juicy pulp.	Narange	Same except that the taste is not sweet but sort of sour.
Star	Any of the luminous celestial objects seen as a point of light in the sky.	Setara	Same
Sugar	Any of a class of sweet, soluble carbohydrates, as sucrose, glucose, etc.	Shakar	Same
Turban	.	.	.