R

Rank 
from Persian رنگ rang meaning "color", as the Sassanid army was ranked and dressed by color[281]
roc 
from Persian رخ rukh (name of a legendary bird)
rook 
from Middle English rok, from Middle French roc, from Arabic روخ rukh, from Persian رخ rukh (=chess piece)[282]
rose 
from Latin rosa, probably from ancient Greek ῥόδον rhodon, possibly ult. from Pers. وارده *varda-.[283][284]
Roxanne[disambiguation needed] 
fem. proper name, from Fr. Roxane, from L. Roxane, from Gk. Ρωξάνη Rhoxane, of Pers. origin (cf. Avestan راوُخشنه raoxšna- "shining, bright").[285]

S

Sabzi
Etymology: Hindi सब्ज़ sabz, literally, greenness, from Persian: سَبز sæbz, a green vegetable.[286]
Saffian
Etymology: Russian сафьян saf'yan, from Turkish sahtiyan, from Persian ساختین sakhtiyn goatskin, from sakht hard, strong. a leather made of goatskins or sheepskins tanned with sumac and dyed with bright colors.[287]
Samosa
Etymology: Hindi समोसा samosa from Persian سمبوسه sambusa. a small triangular pastry filled with spiced meat or vegetables and fried in ghee or oil[288]
Sandal
Etymology: Arabic صندل sandal, from Persian صندل sandal skiff.[289]
Saoshyant
Etymology: Avestan, savior. one of three deliverers of later Zoroastrian eschatology appearing at thousand year intervals and each inaugurating a new order of things and a special period of human progress.[290]
Sapindales 
from Persian Spand (اسپند)
Sarangousty
Etymology: Persian سرانگشتی sar-angushti thin paste for painting the tips of fingers, from سر انگشت sar-e angosht, "fingertip", سر sar "head" + انگشت angosht "finger", "toe". stucco made waterproof for protection against dampness.[291]
Sard from Persian زرد zard.
Sarod
Etymology: Hindi सरोद sarod, from Persian: سرود.[292]
Sarwan
Etymology: Persian ساربان saarbaan. a camel driver.[293]
Satrap
governor of a province of ancient Persia, from Latin satrapes, from Greek σατράπης satrapes, from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 kshathrapavan-, lit. "guardian of the realm,"[294]
scarlet
from Pers. سقرلات saqerlât "a type of red cloth". a rich cloth of bright color. a vivid red that is yellower and slightly paler than apple red[295]
Scimitar
Etymology: Middle French cimeterre, from Old Italian scimitarra, perhaps from Persian شمشیر shamshir. a type of blade.[296]
Sebesten
Etymology: Middle English, Medieval Latin sebestēn, from Arabic سيبيستين sibistn, from Persian سگپیستان segpistan. an East Indian tree (Cordia myxa) with white flowers in loose terminal panicles.[297]
Seer
Etymology: Hindi सेर ser; perhaps akin to Persian سیر seer. a unit of weight.[298]
Seerpaw
Etymology: سر Sar(head)+پا paa(feet). head to foot.[299]
Seersucker
Pers. شیر و سکر shir o shakkar "striped cloth," lit. "milk and sugar".[300] Also from Sanskrit क्षीरशर्करा (kshirsharkara), or milk-sugar."[301]
Sepoy
Etymology: modification of Portuguese sipai, sipaio, from Hindi सिपाह sipah, from Persian سپاهی Sipahi, horseman, soldier of the cavalry, from sipah army. a native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power; especially: one serving in the British army.[302]
Serai
Etymology: from Persian سرای saraay, palace, mansion, inn.[303]
Seraglio 
from سرای sarây "inn"[304]
Serang
Etymology: Persian سرهنگ sarhang commander, boatswain, from سر sar chief + هنگ hang authority. boatswain. the skipper of a small boat.[305]
Serdab
Persian سرداب sardab ice cellar, from سرد sard cold + آب ab water. a living room in the basement of a house in the Near East that provides coolness during the summer months[306]
Serendipity 
from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip سه شاهزاده‌ى سرانديپ, from Persian Sarandip سرانديپ(="Sri Lanka"),
Sesban
Etymology: French, from Arabic سيسبان saisabaan, from Persian سیسبان sisabaan. Either of two East Indian plants of the genus Sesbania (S. aculeata and S. aegyptiaca).[307]
Setwall
Etymology: from Persian زادور zaadwar.[308]
Shabundar/Shabandar
Etymology: From Persian شهباندار shahbandar, from شاه shah King + بندر bandar city, harbor.[309]
Shah 
Etymology: from شاه shāh, from Old Persian 𐏋 χšāyaþiya (="king"), from an Old Persian verb meaning "to rule"[310]
Shahi
Etymology: Persian شاهی shahi. a former Persian unit of value equal to 1/20 silver kran; also: a corresponding coin of silver or copper or nickel[311]
Shahidi
Etymology: Arabic شهيد Shahid (one who bears witness) + Persian suffix ی i.[312]
Shahin
Etymology: Persian شاهین Shahin (Falcon). an Indian falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator) having the underparts of a plain unbarred ferruginous color, being related to the peregrine falcon, and used in falconry[313]
Shahzada
Etymology: Hindi शाह-जादा shah-zada, from Persian, from شاه shah king + زاده zada son. The son of a Shah.[314]
Shamiana
Etymology: Hindi शामियाना shamiyana, from Persian شامیانه shamyanah. a cloth canopy[315]
Shawl 
Etymology: from Persian شال shāl.[316]
Sherristar
Etymology: from Hindi सर्रिश्ताद्र sarrishtadr, from Persian سررشته sarrishta(sarreshteh) record office + دار daar having. Registrar.[317]
Sherry 
According to one theory, it is from Jerez in Spain, which itself comes from Pers شیراز Shiraz during the time of Rustamid empire in Spain.[318] The theory is also mentioned by Professor. T.B. Irving in one of his book reviews[319]
Sherryvallies
Etymology: modification of Polish szarawary, from Russian шаравары sharavary, from Greek σαρβαρα sarabara loose trousers, probably of Iranian origin; akin to Persian شلوار shalwar, shulwar loose trousers. overalls or protective leggings of thick cloth or leather formerly worn for riding on horseback[320]
Shikar
Etymology: Hindi सीकर sikar, from Persian شکار shikaar, Middle Persian شکار shkaar. The word means hunting.[321]
Shikargah
Etymology: Hindi सिकारगाह sikaargaah, from Persian شیکرگاه shikrgaah, from shikaar hunting + -gah place. A game preserve.[322]
Shikari
Etymology: From Persian شکار Shikar+Persian suffix ی (i) denoting possession. a big game hunter.[323]
Shikasta
Etymology: Persian شکسته shikasta broken, from shikastan شكستن to break, from Middle Persian shikastan.[324]
Shikra
Etymology: from Persian شکرا shikara bird trained to hunt. a small Indian hawk (Accipiter badius) sometimes used in falconry.[325]
Simurgh 
Etymology: from Pers. سیمرغ simurgh, from Pahlavi sin "eagle" + murgh "bird." Cf. Avestan saeno merego "eagle," Skt. syenah "eagle," Arm. ցին cin "kite.". a supernatural bird, rational and ancient, in Pers. mythology.[326]
Sipahis
See Spahi and Sepoy.
Sircar
Etymology: Hindi सरकार sarkaar, from Persian سرکار sarkaar. a district or province in India under the Mogul empire. the supreme authority. used also as a title of respect. in Bengal a domestic servant having the functions of a steward.[327]
Sitar 
Etymology: via Hindi सितार sitar, from Pers. ستار sitar "three-stringed," from sih/she "three" (O.Pers. thri-) + Persian. tar "string". an Indo-Iranian lute with a long broad neck and a varying number of strings whose various forms are used in Iran, Afghanistana and the Indian subcontinent.[328]
Softa 
Etymology: Turkish, from Persian سوخته sukhtah burnt, kindled (with love of knowledge).[329]
Sogdian 
Etymology: Latin sogdianus, from Old Persian Sughuda. of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Sogdiana.[330]
Soorki
: Etymology: Hindi सुर्ख surkh, from Persian سرخ surkh, literally, redness, from surkh red, from Middle Persian سخر sukhr; akin to Avestan suXra- bright, Sanskrit sukra[331]
Sowar
Etymology: Persian صور suwar rider, from Middle Persian asbar, aspwar, from Old Persian asabra- horseman, from asa- horse + -bra- carried by, rider. a mounted orderly. Lancer.[332]
Spahi
Etymology: Middle French spahi, from Turkish sipahi, from Persian سپاه from Pahlavi spāh, from Old Persian taxma spāda, from Avestan spādha, meaning army, military. one of a corps of Algerian native cavalry in the French army normally serving in Africa. one of a corps of largely irregular Turkish cavalry disbanded after the suppression of the Janissaries in 1826.[333][334]
Spinach
Etymology: Middle French espinache, espinage, from Old Spanish espinaca, from Arabic يسبناخ, يسفينآخ isbnakh, isfinaakh, from Persian اسپاخ aspanakh.[335]
Squinch
Etymology: Persian سه+کنج=) سکنج) (pronounced sekonj)—A squinch in architecture is a construction filling in the upper angles of a square room so as to form a base to receive an octagonal or spherical dome. A later solution of this structural problem was provided by the pendentive. The squinch was invented in Iran. It was used in the Middle East in both eastern Romanesque and Islamic architecture. It remained a feature of Islamic architecture, especially in Iran, and was often covered by corbelled stalactite-like structures known as muqarnas.
-Stan 
ـستان;meaning "land" or "country", source of place names such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, etc., from Pers. -stan "country," from Indo-Iranian *stanam "place," lit. "where one stands,"[336]
Subahdar
Etymology: Persian سبادار subadar, from suba province + -dar having, holding, from Old Persian dar- to hold. the chief native officer of a native company in the former British Indian army having a position about equivalent to that of captain[337]
Sugar 
Etymology: The word is Sanskrit which is an Indo-Iranian language of the Indo-Aryan branch but Persian played a role in transmitting it. Middle English sugre, sucre, from Anglo-French sucre, from Medieval Latin saccharum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic sukkar, from Pahlavi shakar, ultimately from Sanskrit sarkara[334][338]
Suclat
Etymology: Hindi सुकला suqlaa, from Persian سقلات saqalaat a rich cloth. In India any of various woolens; specifically European broadcloth.[339]
Surma
Etymology: Persian سرما Surma. native antimony sulfide used in India to darken the eyelids.[340]
Surnay
Etymology: Persian سرنای Surnaay. a Middle Eastern and Central Asian oboe.[341]
syagush
Persian سیاه-گوش siyah-gush, literally, black ear. Caracal.[342]
Samosa
Etymology: Hindi समोसा samos & Urdu سموسہ، سمبسا samosa, sambsa, from Persian سنبوسه sambusa.[343]

T

Tabasheer
Etymology: Hindi तब्श्र tabshr, from Persian. a siliceous concretion in the joints of the bamboo valued in the East Indies as a medicine.[344]
Tabor
Etymology: Middle English tabur, from Welsh Tabwrdd and Old French tabour/tabur, alteration of tambur. See tambour.[345]
Taffeta 
Etymology: from Persian تافته taftah meaning woven.[346]
Tahsildar
Etymology: Hindi तहसीलदार tahsildar, from Persian تحصیلدار, from Arabic تحصيل tahsil + Persian در -dar. a revenue officer in India.[347]
Taj
Etymology: Arabic تاج taj, from Persian تاج taj, crown, crest, cap. a cap worn in Muslim countries; especially: a tall cone-shaped cap worn by dervishes.[348]
Taj Mahal 
from Persian: تاج محل, lit. "the best of buildings;" or "the Crown's Place".
Tajikistan 
تاجیکستان; Tajik combined with Persian suffix -stan.[349] Literally meaning "Land of Tajiks" in Persian.
Talc 
from Pers. تالک talk "talc."
Tambour
Etymology: French, drum, from Middle French, from Arabic طنبور tanbur, modification (influenced by tunbur, a lute) of Persian تعبیر tabir.[350]
Tambourine 
See above.
Tanbur
Etymology: Persian تمبر Tambur.[351]
Tangi
Etymology: Persian تنگی Tangi. a narrow gorge[352]
Tandoori 
from تنور tannur "oven, portable furnace,"+Persian suffix i.
Tapestry 
probably from an Iranian source (cf. Pers. تفتان، تابیدن taftan, tabidan "to turn, twist").[353]
Tar
Etymology: Persian: تار. An oriental lute.[354]
Tarazet 
from (Shahin-e Tarazu) شاهین ترازو
Tass
Etymology: Middle French tasse, from Arabic طعس/تصح tass, tassah, from Persian تست tast. a drinking cup or bowl.[355]
Tebbad
Etymology: perhaps from Persian تاب tab fever + باد bad wind, from Middle Persian vat; akin to Avestan vata- wind, Sanskrit वत vata.[356]
Temacha
Etymology: Persian تاماخرا tamakhra joke, humor. a Persian comic or farcical interlude performed by traveling players.[357]
Thanadar
Etymology: Hindi थंडर thandar, from تهان than + Persian در -dar having. the chief officer of a thana.[358]
Tiara 
via Latin tiara from Persian تاره tara
Timar
Etymology: Turkish timar attendance, care, timar, from Persian تمر tmr sorrow, care. a Turkish fief formerly held under condition of military service.[359]
Tiger 
via Greek Τίγρις tigris from an Iranian source
Tigris 
From Middle Persian تیگر Tigr "arrow", originally from Old Persian 𒋾𒂵𒊏 Tigra "pointed" or "sharp"
Toque 
from O. Pers. طاق taq "veil, shawl."
Tranky
Etymology: Persian dialect ترانکی tranki. an undecked bark used in the Persian gulf.[360]
Trehala
Etymology: probably from French tréhala, from Turkish tgala, from Persian تیغال tighal.[361]
Tulip 
Etymology: any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa. from French tulipe, from Persian دلبند dulband.[362]
Turan 
from Persian توران
Turanian
Etymology: Persian توران Turan ترکستان Turkistan (literally: "Land of the Turks"), the region north of the Oxus + English -ian. A member of any of the peoples of Ural-Altaic stock.[363]
Turanite
Etymology: from Persian توران Turan + Russian -it' -ite. a basic vanadate of copper prob. Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4.[364]
Turanose
Etymology: German turanos, from Persian توران Turan + German -os -ose; obtained by the partial hydrolysis of melezitose; 3-α-glucosyl-fructose[365]
Turban 
from Persian دلبند dulband Band = To close, To tie.[366]
Turkmenistan 
ترکمنستان; Turkmen combined with Persian suffix ـستان -stan.[349] Literally meaning "Land of Turkmens" in Persian.
Typhoon  
Etymology: via Chinese 大风/大風, Hindi दफुं, Arabic طوفان, and Ancient Greek τυφῶν; ultimately from Persian word Toofaan (طوفان)

U

Uzbekistan 
ازبکستان; Uzbek combined with Persian suffix ـستان -stan.[349] Literally meaning "Land of Uzbeks" in Persian.

V

Vispered
Avestan vispa ratavo meaning all the lords. one of the supplementary ritual texts included in the Avestan sacred writings.[367]
vizier 
وزير etymology disputed; general references often derive it from Arabic وزير wazir, "viceroy", lit. "one who bears (the burden of office)", lit. "porter, carrier", from Arabic وزارة wazara, "he carried". However, Jared S. Klein derives it from Middle Persian وهر vichir, from Avestan vicira, "arbitrator, judge".

X

Xerxes 
Gk. form (Ξέρξης) of O. Pers. 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 Kshayarshan-, lit. "male (i.e. 'hero') among kings," from Kshaya- "king" (cf. shah) + arshan "male, man."

Y

Yarak 
Etymology: From Persian یارِگی yaraki power, strength. good flying condition: FETTLE – used of a hawk or other bird used in hunting eagles ... are difficult to get into yarak – Douglas Carruthers.[368]
Yasht
Modern Persian یشت from Avesta. Avestan yashtay adoration. one of the hymns to angels or lesser divinities forming part of the Avesta[369]

.

Yuft
Etymology: Russian Йуфт, Йухт yuft', yukht', perhaps from Persian جفت juft pair.[370]

Z

Zamindar 
Etymology: zamindar, from Persian, from زمین zamin land + دار -dar holder meaning "Possessor of real estate" in Persian. A collector of revenues from the cultivators of the land of a specified district for the government of India during the period of Muslim rule[371]
Zamindari
Etymology: from Persian, from زمیندار zamindar.[372]
Zanza 
Etymology: Arabic سنج sanj castanets, cymbals, from Persian سنج sanj. an African musical instrument consisting of graduated sets of tongues of wood or metal inserted into and resonated by a wooden box and sounded by plucking with the fingers or thumbs.[373]
Zarathushtra or Zarathustra 
the Persian prophet
Zedoary
Etymology: Middle English zeduarie, from Medieval Latin zeduria, from Arabic زادور zadwr, from Persian. an East Indian drug consisting of the rhizome of either of two species of curcuma, Curcuma zedoaria or C. aromatica, used as a stimulant.[374]
Zenana
Etymology: From Persian زن zan woman. The literal meaning is Women-related. The part of a dwelling in which the women of a family are secluded in India and Persian.[375]
Zena 
feminine given name from Persian زن Zan (woman).
Zerda
Etymology: Arabic زيرداو zerdaw, probably of Persian origin. Fennec.[376]
Zircon 
Via German Zirkon and Arabic ئشقنعى zarkûn; ultimately from Persian زرگون zargun, "gold-colored" or from Syriac ܙܐܪܓܥܢܥ Zargono.[377]
Zirconate
zircon + the suffix -ate, from Latin -atus
Zirconia
zircon + the New Latin -ia suffix
Zirconium
zircon + the New Latin suffix -ium
Zoroaster 
from Persian Zarathushtra
Zoroastrianism 
The religion brought forth by Zoroaster.
Zumbooruk
from Persian زنبوره zanburah.[378]