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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
samanoo	sweet pudding made with wheat germ	سَمَنو	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
sameemee	intimate	صمیمی	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
sameemeeyat	intimacy	صمیمی‌یت	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
sameemeeyaté tan hāmān	the intimacy of our skin		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
sandalee jelō meez-é.	The chair is in front of the table.	صَندَلی جِلو میزِه.	Prepositions
sandalee jeloyé meez-é.	The chair is in front of the table.	صَندَلی جِلویِ میزِه.	Prepositions
sandalee poshté meez-é.	The chair is behind the table.	صَندَلی پُشتِ میزِه.	Prepositions
sandaleeyé nārāhat	uncomfortable chair	صَندَلیِ ناراحَت	The Concept of "ezāfé"
sandaleeyé rāhat	comfortable chair	صَندَلیِ راحَت	The Concept of "ezāfé"
sandaleeyé sheeké kootāh	the short comfortable chair	صَندَلیِ شیکِ کوتاه	The Concept of "ezāfé"
sāndeveech dorost kardam	I made a sandwich	ساندِویچ دُرُست کَردَم	Compound Verbs
sānyé	second	ثانیِه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
sar	head	سر	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint), dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 2
sārā jān	Dear Sarah	سارا جان	rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 4
sārā joon	Dear Sarah	سارا جون	rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 4
sāra khooné dāré	Sara has a house	سارا خونِه دارِه.	The verb ‘To Have’
sāra khooné nadāré	Sara doesn’t have a house	سارا خونِه نَدارِه.	The verb ‘To Have’
saram dard meekoné	my head hurts	سرم درد می‌کنه.	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, More About Pain and Illness
saramō bord	literally 'it took my head,' meaning 'it's very loud'	سرمو برد	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
saramō bordee	literally 'you took my head' (informal), meaning 'you talk too much'	سَرَم را بُردی	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions

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