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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
mozāhem nabāsheem	we don't want to be trouble	مُزاحِم نَباشیم	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
mozāhem neestee	you are not trouble (informal)	مُزاحِم نیستی	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
mozāhem neesteen	you are not trouble (formal)	مُزاحِم نیستین	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
na	no	نَه	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
na	no, not	نَه	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
na	no, not	نَه	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
na, ayb nadāré. oon ham jāyé pedaram-é	no, no worries, I would treat him as I treat my father	نَه، عِیب (عِب) نَدارِه. اون هَم جایِ پِدَرَمِه	A Separation, Part 4
na bābā	literally: 'no father', meaning: no way	نَه بابا	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
nābarādaree	stepbrother	نابرادرى	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
nabāt	rock candy	نَبات	More About Pain and Illness
nabāyad	mustn’t/shouldn’t	نَبایَد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
nabāyad	must not	نَبایَد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
na, bé khodā	no, by god	نَه، بِه خُدا	Introducing "Tārof"
nabood eech farzand mar-sām-rā	Sam had no child	نَبود ایچ فَرزَند مَر سام را	Shahnameh, Part 1
nadānad bad ō neeké farjāmé kār	(such a creature) does not understand good and bad consequences of actions	نَدانَد بَد و نیکِ فَرجامِ کار	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
nadārad	he/she/it doesn't have	نَدارَد	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
na deegé	not really	نَه دیگِه	A Separation, Part 1
nafeer	inside of an instrument (cry)	نَفیر	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
nafeeram	my insides	نَفیرَم	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
nāghedé eeshān chō deed oo-rā zé door	when their pundit/sage saw it (i.e. this moth) from afar	ناقِدِ ایشان چُو دید او را زِ دور	Parable of the Moths, Part 4

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