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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
seeyāh	black	سیاه	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
seeyāpooshan kalāghat	your crows are wearing black	سیاپوشن کلاغات	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
seezdah	13	سیزدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
seezdah bedar	Seezdah bedar	سیزدَه‌ بِدر	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
sefeed	white	سِفید	Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
sefr	zero	صِفر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
senjed	Persian olive	سِنجِد	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
septembre	September	سِپتامبر	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
seresht	born of, by nature	سِرِشت	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
serké	vinegar	سِرکِه	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
séshambé	Tuesday	سِهشَنبه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
sé shanbé	Tuesday	سِه‌شَنبِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
sevom	3rd	سِوٌُم	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
shab	night	شب	rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 2, rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 3
shab bekhayr	good night	شَب بِخِیر	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
shabé tāreek	dark night	شَبِ تاریک	The Concept of "ezāfé"
shabé tāreeké sard	the cold dark night	شَبِ تاریکِ سَرد	The Concept of "ezāfé"
shab-hā	every night	شَب‌ها	Present Continuous Tense
shab-hā shām meekohram	Every night, I eat dinner	شَب‌‌ها شام می‌خورَم	Present Continuous Tense
shād	happy	شاد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2

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