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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
zānoom dard meekoné	my knee hurts	زانوم درد می‌کنه.	More About Pain and Illness
zarāfé	giraffe	زَرافِه	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
zar-andoozee	the act of collecting gold	زَر‌اَندوزی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
zarchoobé	turmeric	زَردچوبِه	Persian Food
zard	yellow	زَرد	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
zardeeyé man az tō, sorkheeyé tō az man	my yellowness to you, your redness to me	زَردی مَن اَز تو، سُرخیِ تو اَز مَن	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
zarf shoowee	kitchen sink	ظَرف شویی	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
zāyeedan	to give birth	زاییدن	Babies
zāyemān	giving birth	زایمان	Babies
zāyeshgāh	the place of giving birth	زایشگاه	Babies
z'é	from, of	زِ	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zé	of	زِ	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
zé	from	زِ	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
z'é āmadé	of the future	زِ آمَدِه	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zee	live!	زی	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zeebā	beautiful	زیبا	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
zeeré	under	زیرِ	Prepositions
zeerzameen	basement	زیر زَمین	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
zé kooyé yār	from the direction of the lover	زِ کویِ یار	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
zemestoon	winter	زِمِستان	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint), More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons

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