Dari to English translation

Afghan month names

Afghanistan uses the Solar Hijri calendar, like Iran, but names its months after the zodiac: Hamal, Sawr, Jawza and on through the year, where Iran says Farvardin, Ordibehesht, Khordad. The translation converts each date to the Western calendar and keeps the original in brackets. Dates and calendars shows the sums.

A tazkira that gives an age

A paper tazkira often records the holder’s age in the year it was issued, usually an estimate, rather than a date of birth. The translation says exactly what yours says, the age and the year included, and does not work out a birthday that the document never gave.

Source: Landinfo (Norway), Afghanistan: tazkera, passports and other ID documents, 22 May 2019 (checked 19 September 2026)

Fathers’ and grandfathers’ names

Many Afghans have no fixed family name, and Afghan records name the father and often the grandfather. The translation keeps each name in its labelled place and uses your passport’s spelling for your own, so a reader does not turn a father’s name into your surname. Tazkira and passport disagree? See which spelling goes on the translation.

Paper or electronic tazkira

Every page or both sides of the card, with the registration volume and page numbers, the issuing office, each seal and signature, and every date converted with the original kept alongside.

Names that match your passport

Dari names can be romanised several ways: Mohammad or Muhammad, Ahmadi or Ahmady. We follow your passport for your own name and your other documents for everyone else’s.

Marriage, school and court records

Marriage certificates, school certificates, university degrees and transcripts, and court documents, translated in full. Text that cannot be read in the photo is marked in square brackets rather than guessed.