Contents

Basic prepositions

In Persian there are different prepositions regarding time, location, direction and manner. There are a few basic prepositions:

az	from	bar	on	bâ	with
be	to	bi	without	joz	except
tâ	until

Nouns followed by the bound conjunction “e” as prepositions

A number of Persian prepositions can be formed from a noun followed by the bound conjunction “e”:

kenâr e	beside	poŝt / aqab e	behind
sar e	on; at	jelow e	in front of
beyn / miân e	between	piŝ e	at
zir e	under	ru ye	on
ra’s e	at	hodud e	about
bâlâ ye	above	pâyin e	under
darun / dâxel e; tu ye	in; inside	birun / xârej e	out; outside

Compound prepositions

The basic prepositions together with a noun can form another preposition:

piŝ / qabl az	before	banâ bar	according to
pas / ba’d az	after	râje’ be	about

There are also prepositions consisting of a basic preposition and a noun followed by  the bound conjunction “e”, partly to express “where to” or “where from”:

be / bar ru ye miz	on the table	az zir e zamin	out of the earth
be xâter e	due to	be jâ ye	instead of
dar bâre ye	about	dar beyn / miân e	among
be dalil e	due to	dar kenâr e	beside
be manzur e	for	bâ vojud e	despite
az su ye / traf e	from	be su ye / taraf e	towards