“My heart has shrunk to a tiny speck for you.”

More terms of endearment

• جیگرتو بخورم

  jigareto bokhoram

  “I'll eat your liver!”

  You're so adorable I could eat you up. Said to small children and loved ones.

• قربونت برم

  ghorbunet beram

  “May I be sacrificed for you.”

  An all-purpose endearment and thank-you; Persian mothers say it a dozen times a day.

• فدات شم

  fadât sham

  “May I become your ransom.”

  I'd give anything for you. Also a warm thank-you or a fond way to end a phone call.

• دورت بگردم

  dowret begardam

  “May I circle around you.”

  A tender endearment, often used when comforting someone.