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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
yek daftar	a notebook	یک دفتر	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
yek dokhtar	one daughter	یِک دُختَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yé khāhar	a sister/one sister	یِه خواهَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yek kam seft-tar bebandeen az fardā lotfan ké... natooné bāz koné	please close it a bit tighter tomorrow so that…he can't open it	یِه کَم سِفتتَر بِبَندین اَز فَردا لُطفاً کِه… نَتونِه باز کُنِه	A Separation, Part 2
yek lahzé	One moment	یِک لَحظِه	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
yek lahzé sabr kon	Wait a minute	یِک لَحظِه صَبرکُن	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
yek pesar	one son	یِک پِسَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yek sar	immediately	یِک سَر	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
yek sar az kooyé kharābāt barandat bā behesht	they’ll take you directly from the winehouse street to heaven	یِک سَر اَز کویِ خَرابات بَرَندَت بِه بِهِشت	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro
yekshambé	Sunday	یِکشَنبِه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
yek shanbé	Sunday	یِک‌شَنبِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
yekshanbé-hā mad men tamāshā meekonam	On Sundays, I watch Mad Men	یِک‌شَنبِه‌ها مَد مِن تَماشا می‌کُنَم	Present Continuous Tense
yé pesar	a son/one son	یِه پِسَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yé rooz deevooné boodam	there was a time I was young and wild	یه روز دیوونه بودم	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
yé zahmatee bekesheen	do me a favor	یِه زَحمَتی بِکِشین	A Separation, Part 4
zaboon	tongue		Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
zafarān	saffron	زَعفَران	Persian Food
zafaroon	saffron	زَعفَرون	Persian Food
zāhed	ascetic	زاهِد	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
zahmatee neest	it's no trouble	زحمتی نیست	Introducing 'Tārof'

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