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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
nakard	he/she/it didn't do	نَکَرد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
nakhāhand	they won't	نَخواهَند	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
nākhāharee	stepsister	ناخواهرى	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
nākhoon	fingernail		Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
nakhor!	Don’t eat! (informal)	نَخور	Review of Unit 3
nakhord	he/she didn't eat	نخورد	Review of Unit 3
nakhordan	to not eat	نَخوردَن	Review of Unit 3
nakhoreen!	Don’t eat! (formal)	نَخورین	Review of Unit 3
nakon	don't do	نَکُن	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
nakon	don't do	نَکُن	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
nālān	weepy	نالان	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
nåleedé-and	wailing	نالیده‌ِاند	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
nām	name	نام	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
nāmādaree	step mother	نامادرى	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
namak	salt	نَمَک	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
na mamnoonam	no, thank you	نه، ممنون	Introducing 'Tārof'
na man az pardé-yé taghvā bé dar oftādam o bas	it’s not only me who fell from the veil of piety	نَه مَن اَز پَردِهٔ تَقوا بِه دَراُفتادَم و بَس	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro
na, man fe’lan mojarad-am	no, I'm currently single	نِه، مَن فِعلاً مُجَرَّدَم	A Separation, Part 4
na, (man) kāram-ō doost nadāram.	No, I don’t like my job.	نَه، (مَن) کارَمو دوست نَدارَم.	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
na, man neemeekhām begam ké shomā-rō meeshenāsam. nagoftam meeyām eenjā barāyé kār…	I don’t want him to know that you know me. I didn’t tell him I was coming here for work.	نَه، مَن نِمی‌خوام بِگَم کِه شُما رو می‌شِناسَم. نَگفتَم می‌آم اینجا بَرایِ (بَرِه) کار…	A Separation, Part 3

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