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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
pesar dāyee	cousin (boy of dad's sister)	پسر دايي	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesaré man	my son	پِسَرِ مَن	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
pesar khālé	cousin (boy of mom's sister)	پِسَر‌خالِه	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar khālé	boy cousin (from maternal aunt)	پِسَرخالِه	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
piāno tamreen kardam	I practiced piano	پیانو تَمرین کَردَم	Compound Verbs
pizza rā bokhor	eat the pizza	پیتزا را بُخور	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
polō	pilaf	پُلو	Persian Food
polõ khoresh	rice and stew	پُلو خورِشت	Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
polō va khoresh	pilaf and stew	پُلو وَ خورِش	Persian Food
poolé khord nadāram, khānom	I don't have any change, miss	پولِ خورد نَدارَم، خانُم	A Separation, Part 1
poonsad	500	پونصَد	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
poonsad ō panjā ō panj	555	پونصَد و پَنجاه و پَنج	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
poonzdah	15	پونزدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
por az bahooné boodam	I was full of excuses	پُر اَز بَهونِه بودَم	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
porsidan	to ask	پُرسیدَن	Telephoning and Other Structured Infinitives
posht	back	پُشت	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
poshtam dard meekoné	my back hurts	پُشتَم دَرد می‌کُنِه	More About Pain and Illness
poshté	behind	پُشتِ	Prepositions
poshteboom	rooftop	پُشتِ بوم	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
postham dard meekoné	my back hurts	پشتم درد می‌کنه.	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body

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