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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
nāz sweet ناز How to Talk About Love and Friendship
nāzee sweetie نازی Babies
nāz kardan to pet sweetly ناز کردن Babies
neek good, right نیک aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
neek-am I am good نیکَم aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
neem Half نيم How to Talk About the Time and Weather
neenee baby نی‌‌نی Babies
neenee koochooloo little baby نی‌نی کوچولو Babies
neest isn't نیست dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
neest is not نیست shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
neest he/she/it/there isn't نیست sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
neest is not نیست fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
neest It's not (shortened) نیست How to Talk About the Time and Weather
neestee not being نیستی khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
neestee ast is to not be نیستی است khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
neez also, too نیز aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
negah kon ké mar-sām-rā roozegār look at the life of Sam نِگَه کُن کِه مَر سام را روزِگار Shahnameh, Part 1
nemeefahmam I don’t understand نِمی‌فَهمَم How to Speak About the Languages You Know
nemeekhoonan, nemeegan they don’t sing, they don’t speak نِمی‌خونَن، نِمی‌گَن meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
nemeeresam I won’t get there نِمی‌رِسَم How To Discuss Travel