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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
shād	happy	شاد	Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
shād zee	live happily!	شاد زی	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
shāgerd	student	شاگِرد	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
shaghāyegh	poppy flowers	شقایق	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
shaghāyeghhāyé sookhté	burnt poppy flowers	شقایق‌های سوخته	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
shāhnāmé	Book of Kings	شاهنامه	Transition to Persian Poetry
shalgham	turnips	شَلغَم	More About Pain and Illness
sham'	candle	شَمع	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
shām	dinner	شام	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals, Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
shāmé mofasal	a complete dinner	شام مفصل	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
shām hāzer-é	Dinner is ready.	شام حاضِرِه	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
shām meekhoram	I eat dinner	شام می‌خورَم	Present Continuous Tense
shamsé tabriz	Shams of Tabriz	شمس تبریز	Transition to Persian Poetry
shanbé	Saturday	شَنبِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
shanbé tā panjshanbé	Saturday to Thursday	شَنبِه تا پَنجشَنبِه	How to Talk About Daily Routines
sharāb	wine	شراب	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
sharāb	wine	شَراب	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai), khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
sharābé ghermez	red wine	شَرابِ قِرمِز	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
sharābé sefeed	white wine	شَرابِ سِفید	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
sharbat	flavored water	شَربَت	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)

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