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sokhan az payvandé sosté dō nām va hamāghdooshee dar orāgheh kohneyé yek daftar neest sokhan az geesooyeh khoshvakhté manast bā I am not talking about the flimsy linking of two names and embracing in the old pages of a ledger. I am talking about my fortunate tresses with the burnt anemone of your kiss fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
sokhan az zendegeeyé noghreyeeyé āvāzeest the talk is of the silvery life of a song fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
sokhan neest the topic is not fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
somāgh sumac سُماق Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
soohkté burnt سخنِ fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
sookhtam I burned سوختم. More About Pain and Illness
soorat face صورَت Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
sooratee pink صورَتی Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
soosmār crocodile سوسمار Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
sorfé cough سرفه More About Pain and Illness
sorkh red سُرخ How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
sost numb سست fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
sosté burnt سستِ fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
sotooné fagharāt spine Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
to; in order to تا deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
while/until تا dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
tā ba’ad until later تا بَعد How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
tā begooyam sharhé dardé eshteeyāgh so the pain of yearning, I can impart تا بگویم شَرحِ دَردِ اشتیاق beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
tā begooyam sharhé dardé eshteeyāgh so the pain of yearning, I can impart تا بگویم شَرحِ دَردِ اشتیاق beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Intro
tābestoon summer تابِستان More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)