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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
shabee yārab tavān deedan	do I dare to see the Divine?	شَبی یارَب تَوان دیدَن	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
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
shabooné bā tō jam konam bereem khārej?	should I join you so we can go abroad overnight?	شَبونِه با تُو جَمع کُنَم بِریم خارِج؟	A Separation, Part 5
shād	happy	شاد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
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
shakeebāyee	state of patience	شَکیبایی	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
shalgham	turnips	شَلغَم	More About Pain and Illness
sham'	candle	شَمع	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
sham'	candle	شَمع	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
shām	dinner	شام	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals, Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
sham’é deedé	the candle of seeing	شَمعِ دیدِه	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
shāmé mofasal	a complete dinner	شام مفصل	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings

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