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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
posht	back		Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
poshtam dard meekoné	my back hurts	پُشتَم دَرد می‌کُنِه	More About Pain and Illness
poshté	behind	پُشتِ	Prepositions
poshteboom	rooftop	پُشتِ بوم	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
postham dard meekoné	my back hurts	پشتم درد می‌کنه.	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
rā	direct object marker	را	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
rā	direct object marker	را	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
rā	(object marker)	را	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
rā	a direct object marker used to refer to a specific object	را	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
raft	to go stem	رَقت	The Simple Past Tense
raftam cinemā	I went to the movies	رَفتَم سینِما	The Simple Past Tense
raftam kelāsé naghāshee	I went to drawing class	رَفتَم کِلاسِ نَقاشی	The Simple Past Tense
raftam kelāsé yogā	I went to yoga class	رَفتَم کِلاسِ یوگا	The Simple Past Tense
raftan	to go	رَفتَن	The Simple Past Tense, Present Continuous Tense
rafteem moozé	We went to the museum	رَفتیم موزِه	The Simple Past Tense
raft ō āmad	going and coming	رَفت و آمَد
rāh	path/way	راه	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2, raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
rahā	free	رَها	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
rāhat	comfort	راحت	Respect in the Persian Culture
rāhat	comfortable	راحَت	The Concept of "ezāfé"

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