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Calling Emergency Services

Essential phrases for calling for help, reporting an incident, and speaking with an emergency operator in Farsi.

Key Phrases

Asking for help · 2 ways to say it

لطفاً کمک کنین!

neutral

lotfan komak konin!

Please help!

Standard urgent plea for assistance.

کمک لازم دارم!

casual

komak lazem daram!

I need help!

Very direct, used when you are in immediate distress.

Requesting an ambulance · 2 ways to say it

لطفاً یه آمبولانس بفرستین.

polite

lotfan ye ambulans befrestin.

Please send an ambulance.

The most natural way to ask an operator for medical help.

به آمبولانس نیاز داریم!

casual

be ambulans niyaz darim!

We need an ambulance!

Use this urgent phrase when reporting a severe situation.

Requesting police assistance

لطفاً به پلیس زنگ بزنین.

neutral

lotfan be polis zang bezanin.

Please call the police.

Useful for asking a bystander to call the authorities for you.

Reporting a medical emergency

حال یه نفر اینجا خیلی بده.

neutral

hale ye nafar inja kheyli bade.

Someone here is very sick.

A common way to say someone has collapsed or is critically ill.

Reporting an accident

ما تصادف کردیم.

casual

ma tasadof kardim.

We had an accident.

The standard phrase for reporting a car crash.

Giving your location · 2 ways to say it

آدرس ما خیابون آزادیه.

polite

adrese ma khiyabune azadi e.

Our address is Azadi Street.

Use this structure to clearly state your exact location.

ما تو خیابون آزادی هستیم.

casual

ma tu khiyabune azadi hastim.

We are on Azadi Street.

More natural when you are stranded outside on a street.

Keeping caller on the line

لطفاً تلفن رو قطع نکنین.

polite

lotfan telefon ro qat nakonin.

Please don't hang up the phone.

The dispatcher will say this to keep you on the line.

Confirming help is coming

آمبولانس الان تو راهه.

neutral

ambulans alan tu rahe.

The ambulance is on the way now.

A reassuring phrase from the emergency operator.

Practice Dialogue

Operator
اورژانس، بفرمایین.
orzhans, befarmayin.
Caller
الو، سلام. لطفاً یه آمبولانس بفرستین!
alo, salam. lotfan ye ambulans befrestin!
Operator
خب، مشکل چیه؟
khob, moshkel chie?
Caller
ما تصادف کردیم. حال شوهرم خیلی بده.
ma tasadof kardim. hale shoharam kheyli bade.
Operator
متوجهم. شما الان کجا هستین؟
motevajjeham. shoma alan koja hastin?
Caller
ما تو خیابون آزادی هستیم، نزدیک بانک.
ma tu khiyabune azadi hastim, nazdike bank.
Operator
باشه، آمبولانس الان تو راهه.
bashe, ambulans alan tu rahe.
Caller
کی می‌رسن؟
key miresan?
Operator
پنج دقیقه دیگه. لطفاً تلفن رو قطع نکنین.
panj daqiqe dige. lotfan telefon ro qat nakonin.
Caller
چشم، ما منتظریم.
cheshm, ma montazerim.

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