How to Say "Seven" in Persian

هفت

haft

Seven in Persian is هفت (haft).

هفت is the cardinal number 7.

Meaning: cardinal number 7 (num)

Which one should you use?

While هفت is the cardinal number seven, you can form the ordinal number 'seventh' by adding the suffix –ین to create هفتمین.

The number هفت is used as an adjective for nouns and does not change its form based on the gender or number of the noun it modifies.

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In traditional Persian culture, the number هفت is considered lucky and sacred. This is most visible during Nowruz, the Persian New Year, through the هفت‌سین table featuring seven symbolic items.
The number هفت appears in the famous Persian phrase هفت‌خوان, referring to the seven labors of Rostam. This is similar to the twelve labors of Hercules in Greek mythology.
The Persian word هفت is a direct distant relative of the English word 'seven', both descending from the same ancient Proto-Indo-European root.

او هفت پسر دارد.
She has seven sons.
This sentence shows how to use هفت to express a quantity of people.
Tatoeba #705477 by mahdiye, translation #640686 by jakov
یک هفته هفت روز دارد.
A week has seven days.
This sentence uses هفت to describe the number of days in a week.
Tatoeba #8265645 by cojiluc, translation #653114 by Eldad
صفر، یک، دو، سه، چهار، پنج، شش، هفت، هشت، نه،‌ ده.
Zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
This sentence shows هفت within a sequence of counting from zero to ten.
Tatoeba #8553004 by cojiluc, translation #2025467 by wittleghoul
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Niloofar and Ali are talking about a dinner party.

نیلوفر Niloufar

چند نفر به مهمانی می‌آیند؟
Chand nafar be mehmāni mi-āyand?
How many people are coming to the party?
علی Ali

ما هفت نفر هستیم.
Mā haft nafar hastim.
There are seven of us.
نیلوفر Niloufar

پس هفت تا بشقاب لازم داریم.
Pas haft tā beshghāb lāzem dārim.
So we need seven plates.
علی Ali

بله، درست است.
Bale, dorost ast.
Yes, that is correct.

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