Persian / English Dictionary

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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
baroon	rain	بارون	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
barré	lamb/sheep	بَره	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
basebāll	baseball		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bā seeyāh cheshmān	with those with black eyes	با سیاه چِشمان	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
bāsh	be	باش	Subjunctive To Have and To Be, khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
bāsham	(I) be	باشَم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshan	(they) be	باشَن	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshé	ok	باشِه	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
bāshé	(he/she) be	باشِه	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshee	(you informal) be	باشی	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāsheem	(we) be	باشیم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāsheen	(you formal) be	باشین	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
basketbāll	basketball		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bastam	I closed	بستم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
basté shodan	to become closed	بَستِه شُدَن	Compound Verbs
bāyad	should, must	بایَد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
bāyad	must/should	بایَد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
bāyad	must	بایَد	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
bāyad chāi bekhoram	I have to drink tea	بایَد چای بِخورَم	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
bāyad māsheen dāshté bāsham	I have to have a car	بایَد ماشین داشتِه باشَم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be