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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
panjom 5th پَنجُم More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
panjshambé Thursday پَنج شَنبِه Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
panjshanbé Thursday پَنج‌شَنبِه More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
parandé bird پَرَندِه Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
parandé bālāyé derakht-é. The bird is above the tree. پِرَندِه بالایِ دِرَختِه. Prepositions
pardé veil, curtain پَردِه aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
pārké lālé Laleh Park پارکِ لالِه The Concept of "ezāfé"
pārsi Farsi پا‌رسی Transition to Persian Poetry
parvāné butterfly پَروانِه deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
parvāné butterfly پَروانِه Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
parvāné shō become a butterfly پَروانِه شو deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
parvāné shō become a butterfly پَروانِه شو deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
parvāné shō become a butterly پَروانِه شو deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 4
parvāz flying پَرواز کَردَن Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
parvāz flight پَرواز How To Discuss Travel
par zanān dar partoyé matloob shod fluttering its wings, it entered into the beloved’s radiance پَر زَنان دَر پَرتُویِ مَطلوب شُد Parable of the Moths, Part 2
pas then, so, behind, back, after, later پَس barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
pas az āfareenandé beezār shō so break free of the creator پَس اَز آفَرینَندِه بیزار شُو Shahnameh, Part 3
pas az chandeen after many پَس اَز چَندین barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
pas az chandeen shakeebāyee after much patience پَس اَز چَندین شَکیبایی barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3