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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
pesar amé	cousin (boy of dad's sister)	پسرعمه	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar amé	boy cousin (from paternal aunt)	پِسََرعَمِه	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
pesar amoo	boy cousin (from paternal uncle)	پِسَرعَمو	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
pesar amoo	cousin (boy of mom's sister)	پسرعمو	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
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

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