Norouz

Farvardin (the first month of the Persian calendar)

March

out; outside; abroad

celebration

Sizdah Bedar (the thirteenth day after Norouz)

fire; bonfire

Yalda night (the longest night of the year)

winter

to jump

oil nationalization day

long; lengthy

Daheye Fajr (ten days of victory)

Islamic Republic

victory; winning

Eid-e Fetr

Eid-e Ghadir-e Khom

Eid-e Ghorban

cow

camel

lamb (meat)

lamb

Imam

martyrdom

Mecca

Medina

to fast

to sacrifice

holiday; day off; closing; shutdown; closed

important

religious; religiously lawful; legal

mourning

mourning

mosque

Moharram (first month of the Islamic calendar)

Shiite

to cook

to mourn

to mourn

to give

Tasooa (the ninth day of Moharram)

clothes; clothing; dress

commemoration; honoring

black

anniversary

anniversary

Arbaeen (the fortieth day after the martyrdom of Imam Hossein)