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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
sheer lion شیر Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
sheer milk شیر Babies, How to Discuss Breakfast, How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
sheer berenj milk rice شیر بِرِنج How to Discuss Breakfast
sheereen sweet شیرین How to Talk About Love and Friendship
sheereen sweet شیرین payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
sheereenam my sweet شیرینَم payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
sheereenat your sweet شیرینَت payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
sheereenee sweets شیرینی Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
sheereenee Pastries شیرینی The Etiquette of Being Hosted
sheeré mādar mother's milk شیر مادر Babies
sheesh 6 شیش How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
sheeshom 6th شیشُم More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
sheeshsad 600 شیشصَد More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
shehr poem شعر Transition to Persian Poetry
shekāyat complaint شِکایَت beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
shekāyat meekonad it complains شِکایَت می‌کُند beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
shenā kardan to swim شِنا کَردَن Present Continuous Tense
shenā kon swim شِنا کُن Present Continuous Tense
shō (you informal) become! شو deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
shō night شو khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2