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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
soozee	you burn	سوزی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
sorfé	cough	سُرفِه	More About Pain and Illness
sorkh	red	سُرخ	Colors (Vocabulary Sprint), How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
sost	numb	سست	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
sosté	burnt	سستِ	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
sotooné fagharāt	spine		Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
tā	to; in order to	تا	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
tā	while/until	تا	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
tā	so that, until	تا	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
tā abad	until eternity, for forever	تا اَبَد	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
tā ba’ad	until later	تا بَعد	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
tā begooyam sharhé dardé eshteeyāgh	so the pain of yearning, I can impart	تا بگویم شَرحِ دَردِ اشتیاق	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Intro
tā begooyam sharhé dardé eshteeyāgh	so the pain of yearning, I can impart	تا بگویم شَرحِ دَردِ اشتیاق	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
tābestoon	summer	تابِستان	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
tā fardā	until tomorrow	تا فَردا	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
taghreeban	about	تَقریباً	How to Talk About Daily Routines
taghvā	piety	تَقوا	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
tah	end	ته	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
tā hasht meetooneen beeyāyeen?	can you come by eight?	تا هَشت می‌تونین بیایین؟	A Separation, Part 1
tā hasht nemeedoonam	I don't know if I can make it before eight	تا هَشت نِمی‌دونَم	A Separation, Part 1

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