Persian / English Dictionary

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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
sheer	milk	شیر	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai), How to Discuss Breakfast, Babies
sheer	lion	شیر	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
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	Pastries	شیرینی	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
sheereenee	sweets	شیرینی	Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
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