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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
nāz kardan	to pet sweetly	ناز کردن	Babies
neek	good, right	نیک	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
neek-am	I am good	نیکَم	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
neem	Half	نيم	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
neenee	baby	نی‌‌نی	Babies
neenee koochooloo	little baby	نی‌نی کوچولو	Babies
neest	isn't	نیست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
neest	is not	نیست	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
neest	It's not (shortened)	نیست	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
neest	he/she/it/there isn't	نیست	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
neest	is not	نیست	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
neestee	not being	نیستی	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
neestee ast	is to not be	نیستی است	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
neeyāyesh hamee bāfareen barfozood	and heaped praises, all in congratulations	نیایِش هَمی بافَرین بَر‌فُزود	Shahnameh, Part 4
neez	also, too	نیز	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
negāh	look, glance, observation	نِگاه	Thanking a Shopowner
negāh andākhtan	to take a look	نِگاه اَنداختَن	Thanking a Shopowner
negah kard seemorgh bā bachegān	Simorgh looked with his children	نِگَه کَرد سیمُرغ با بَچِّگان	Shahnameh, Part 2
negah kon ké mar-sām-rā roozegār	look at the life of Sam	نِگَه کُن کِه مَر سام را روزِگار	Shahnameh, Part 1
nemeefahmam	I don’t understand	نِمی‌فَهمَم	How to Speak About the Languages You Know

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