Parts of the body, part 1: the stuff on the outside

Starting at the top and working our way down, with some miscellaneous bits at the end:

• Head: سَر (sar) or راس (rās)
  
• Face: صورَت (ṣūrat) or چَهره (chahrah)
  
• Eye: چَشم (chashm, single or plural)
  
• Eyelash: مَژه (mazhah), plural مَژگان (mazhagān)
  
• Eyebrow: ابرو (abrū) or حاجِب (ḥājib)
  
• Ear: گوش (gūsh), pl. گوشها (gūsh-hā)
  
• Nose: بینی (bīnī)
  
• Mouth: دَهان (dahān)
  
• Lip: لَب (lab), also “lips”
  
• Tongue: زَبان (zabān), can also mean “language”
  
• Cheek: گونه (gūnah), pl. گونه‌ها (gūnah-hā)
  
• Beard: ریش (rīsh)
  
• Mustache: سَبیل (sabīl)
  
• Chin: چانه (chānah)
  
• Neck: گَردَن (gardan)
  
• Shoulder: شانه (shānah)
  
• Arm: بازو (bāzū), specifically the upper arm, or دَست (dast), specifically the forearm
  
• Elbow: زانو (zānū); also means “knee”
  
• Wrist: مَچ (mach)
  
• Finger: انگُشت (angusht), pl. انگُشتان (angushtān)
  
• Thumb: شَست (shast)
• Hand: دَست (dast)
  
• Chest: سینه (sīnah)
  
• Abdomen: شِکَم (shikam)
  
• Back: پُشت (pusht)
  
• Butt: کَفَل (kafal), کَپَل (kapal), or سُرین (surīn)
  
• Genitalia: کیر (kīr, penis), مَهبَل (mahbal, vagina)
  
• Leg: پا (pā) or ساق (sāq)
  
• Thigh: ران (rān) or فَخِذ (fakhidh)
  
• Knee: زانو (zānū); also means “elbow”
  
• Ankle: مَچِ پا (mach-i pā, literally “wrist of the leg”)
  
• Heel: پاشِنه (pāshinah)
  
• Foot: پا (pā)
  
• Toe: پَنجه (panjah)
  
• Skin: پوشت (pūsht)
• Hair: مَو (mū) or زُلف (zulf); زلف is more poetic and could mean “a lock of hair”
  
• Nail (finger or toe, not the metal kind): ناخُن (nākhun), pl. ناخُنها (nākhun-hā)
  

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