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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
bad akhlāgh	bad attitude	بَد اَخلاق	Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
badan	body	بدن	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
badan zang meezanam	I'll call later.	بَعداً زَنگ می‌زَنَم	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
bādé	wine	بادِه	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
badhālān	bad state of being	بَدحالان	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
badmazé	bad tasting	بَدمَزِه	The Concept of "ezāfé"
badmeenton	badminton		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bad neestam	I’m not bad	بَد نیستَم	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
bahār	spring	بَهار	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
bahār bahār bahāré	It’s spring, spring, spring	بهار بهار بهاره	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
bahār bahār bahāré	It’s spring, spring, spring	بهار بهار بهاره	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
bahāré ārezoo rà	my springtime of dreams	بهار آرزو را	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
bahāré tō azeezé	your spring is so precious	بهار تو عزیزه	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
bā hoselé	with patience	با حوصِلِه	Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
bākhtan	losing		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bālā	above	بالا	Prepositions
bālā ovordam	I threw up	بالا اوردم.	More About Pain and Illness
bālāyé	above	بالایِ	Prepositions
balé	yes	بَلِه	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions, Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
balé ghorsé sardard dāreem	yes, we have headache medicine	بله، قرص سردرد داریم.	More About Pain and Illness

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