Arabic Words in Persian Challenges Evolved in Translation

Iranians do not see the Arabic as a foreign language due to a profound belief in Islam and therefore do not resist Arabic words particularly those with religious identity. Such words have entered Persian language and over many years have changed semantically. The semantically changed Arabic words in Persian have challenged the translators so much so that a translator who is translating from Persian into Arabic cannot be sure if an Arabic word, which is being used in Persian, has the same meaning in Arabic or not. The relation between Arabs and Persians was temporarily ended or had its ebbs and flows. Such instability in relations between two languages have rendered some Arabic words in the Persian language obsolete and have changed some others semantically, i.e., their meaning has changed. This has posed some difficulties for Arabic - Persian translation because the meaning of some Arabic words used in Persian is entirely different from those of the very same words when used in Arabic. Changes in language and semantic changes of words in a language are totally natural. Only the linguists and translators should be aware of such changes. The present paper, firstly, deals with the semantic changes of Arabic words in Persian. Next, categorizes these words into ten groups according to their Arabic forms and meanings and finally addresses the challenges they pose to translators through providing examples