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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
bād wind باد payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
bād wind باد shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
bad akhlāgh bad attitude بَد اَخلاق Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
badan body بَدَن 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
baghalé hamoonee ké zadee bachash oftādé? on that one who you hit and who lost her child? بَغَلِ هَمونی کِه زَدی بَچِّه‌اَش اُفتادِه؟ A Separation, Part 5
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)
bakht fortune, fate, luck بَخت payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
bākhtan losing Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bālā above بالا Prepositions