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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
pesar amé cousin (boy of mom's sister) پسرعمه Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar amé cousin (boy of dad's sister) پسرعمه Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar amoo cousin (boy of mom's sister) پسرعمو Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar amoo boy cousin (from paternal uncle) پِسَرعَمو How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
pesar dāyee cousin (boy of dad's sister) پسر دايي Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar dāyee boy cousin (from maternal uncle) پِسَردایی How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
pesaré man my son پِسَرِ مَن How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
pesar khālé cousin (boy of mom's sister) پسر خاله Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar khālé boy cousin (from maternal aunt) پِسَرخالِه How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
piāno tamreen kardam I practiced piano پیانو تَمرین کَردَم Compound Verbs
pizza rā bokhor eat the pizza پیتزا را بُخور deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
polō rice پُلو Persian Food
polõ khoresh rice and stew پُلو خورِشت Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
polō va khoresh rice and stew پُلو وَ خورِش Persian Food
poolé khord nadāram, khānom I don't have any change, miss پولِ خورد نَدارَم، خانُم A Separation, Part 1
poonsad 500 پونصَد More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
poonsad ō panjā ō panj 555 پونصَد و پَنجاه و پَنج More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
poonzdah 15 پونزدَه More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
por az bahooné boodam I was full of excuses پر از بهونه بودم meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
porsidan to ask پُرسیدَن Telephoning and Other Structured Infinitives