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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
naroondam	I didn't drive	نروندم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
naroondee	you didn't drive	نروندی	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
narooyad	he/she/it doesn't germinate/grow/spring/sprout/thrive	نَرویَد	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
narooyad tokhmé kas	no one's grain grows, no one's seed germinates	نَرویَد تُخمِ کَس	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
narooyad tokhmé kas bee dānéyé eshgh	the fruit of no one’s loins grow sans the seed of love	نَرویَد تُخمِ کَس بی‌ دانِهٔ عِشق	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
naseem	breeze	نَسیم	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
naseem	breeze, waft	نَسیم	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
naseemé bādé noroozee	the waft of Nowruz-y winds	نَسیمِ بادِ نُوروزی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
naseemé ja’adé geesooyat	the breeze passing through the curls of your hair	نَسیمِ جَعدِ گیسویَت	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
nashāyad ké nāmat nahand ādamee	the title ‘human being’ you can’t share!	نَشایَد کِه نامَت نَهَند آدَمی	bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Intro
nashāyad ké nāmat nahand ādamee	the title ‘human being’ you can’t share	نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی	bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Part 3
nasheen	don’t sit (informal)	نَشین	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
nasheeneen	don’t sit (formal)	نَشینین	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
na... shomā ké eenjā boodeen deegé, chand dagheeghé-rā deedeen ké...	no… you were here now; you saw the last few minutes, right…?	نَه... شُما کِه اینجا بودین دیگِه، چَند دَقیقه را دیدین کِه…	A Separation, Part 2
natarseedeem	we were not afraid	نترسیدیم	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
na, teshné neestam	No, I’m not thirsty	نَه تِشنِه نیستَم.	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
navad	90	نَوَد	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
na vālā	literally: 'no to god', meaning: no, really	نَه والا	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
nay	reed-flute	نِی	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
nāz	sweet, dear	ناز	Babies

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