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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
seer garlic سیر Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
seeram I'm full سیرم Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
seeram vālā I'm really full سیرم واله Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
seesad 300 سیصَد More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
seeyāh black سیاه How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), Colors (Vocabulary Sprint), raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
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 شَب barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
shab night شب rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 2, rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 3