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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
shekāyat meekonad it complains شِکایَت می‌کُند beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
shenā kardan to swim شِنا کَردَن Present Continuous Tense
shenā kon swim شِنا کُن Present Continuous Tense
shō (you informal) become! شو deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
shō become! شُو sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
shō night شو khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
sho'ār battle cry, custom, motto, slogan, tradition شُعار sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
sho'āree a battle cry, custom, motto, slogan, tradition شُعاری sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
shod became شُد beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
shod he/she/it became شُد sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
shod to become stem شُد Compound Verbs
shod he/she/it became شُد payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
shodam I became شُدَم beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
shodan to become شُدَن Compound Verbs
shod yekee deegar gozasht az noor dar another one (of the moths) went and passed through the light (of the candle) شُد یِکی دیگَر گُذَشت اَز نور دَر Parable of the Moths, Part 2
shod yekee parvāné tā ghasree zé door one (of the moths) went out (i.e. flew) to a palace (and), from a distance شُد یِکی پَروانِه تا قَصری زِ دور Parable of the Moths, Part 1
shod yekee parvāné tā ghasree zé door one (of the moths) went out (i.e. flew) to a palace (and), from a distance شُد یِکی پَروانِه تا قَصری زِ دور
shohar husband شُوهَر Families (Vocabulary Sprint), How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
shomā you (formal) شُما How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You, Review of Unit 2
shomā agé faghat chahār sad masalan, hadé aghal if at least, for example, just four hundred شُما اَگِه فَقَط چَهار صَد مَثَلاً، حَدِّ اَقَل A Separation, Part 4
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