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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
pesar	boy/son	پسر	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar	son (literally 'boy')	پِسَر	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
pesar amé	boy cousin (from paternal aunt)	پِسَرعَمِّه	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
pesar amé	cousin (boy of dad's sister)	پسرعمه	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar amé	cousin (boy of dad's sister)	پِسَر‌عَمِّه	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar amoo	cousin (boy of mom's sister)	پسرعمو	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar amoo	boy cousin (from paternal uncle)	پِسَرعَمو	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
pesar dāyee	cousin (boy of dad's sister)	پسر دايي	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
pesar dāyee	boy cousin (from maternal uncle)	پِسَردایی	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
pesaré man	my son	پِسَرِ مَن	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
pesar gar benazdé pedar bood khār	though the boy was abandoned by his father	پِسَر گَر بِنَزدِ پِدَر بود خوار	Shahnameh, Part 3
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

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