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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
mehrābé abrooyat	altar of your eyebrows	مِحرابِ اَبرویَت	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
mehrābee	a church altar, mihrab	مِحرابی	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
mekseek	Mexico	مِکزیک	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
me’mār	architect	مِعمار	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
merci	thank you	مِرسی	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
meshkee	black	مِشکی	Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
meslé	like	مِثل	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 4
meslé	like; similar to	مثل	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
meslé	like	مِثلِ	How to Discuss Breakfast, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
meslé	like	مِثلِ	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
meslé falsé māheehā dar āb	like the gills of fish in water	مثل فلس ماهی‌ها در آب	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
meslé gol	like a flower	مِثلِ گُل	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
meslé khābé damé sobh	like the sleep of the early morning	مثل خواب دم شب	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
meslé khābé damé sobh	like the sleep of the morning	مِثلِ خوابِ دمِ صُبح	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
meslé yek beesheyé noor	like a grove of light	مِثلِ یِک بیشِه‌ٔ نور	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
meslé yek beesheyé noor	like a beam of light	مثل یک بیشه نور	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
metrō	subway	مِترُو	How To Discuss Travel
miniāture	classic Persian drawing	مینیاتور	Transition to Persian Poetry
mo'arefee	introduction	مُعَرِفی	Meeting New People
mo'arefee kardan	to introduce	مُعَرِفی کَردَن	Meeting New People

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