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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
zānoo	knee	زانو	More About Pain and Illness, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
zānoom dard meekoné	my knee hurts	زانوم دَرد می‌کُنِه	More About Pain and Illness
zan: sabr kon bebeenam. hmm, benazar meeyād too cinemā-hā filmé jālebee neest.	Let me see. It seems there aren't good movies in the cinema.	زَن: صَبر کُن بِبینَم. همم، بِنَظَر میاد تو سینِماها فیلمِ جالِبی نیست.	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zarāfé	giraffe	زَرافِه	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
zar-andoozee	the act of collecting gold	زَر‌اَندوزی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
zarchoobé	turmeric	زَردچوبِه	Persian Food
zard	yellow	زَرد	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
zardeeyé man az tō, sorkheeyé tō az man	my yellowness to you, your redness to me	زَردی مَن اَز تو، سُرخیِ تو اَز مَن	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
zarf shoowee	kitchen sink	ظَرف شویی	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
zāyeedan	to give birth	زاییدن	Babies
zāyemān	giving birth	زایمان	Babies
zāyeshgāh	the place of giving birth	زایشگاه	Babies
zé	of	زِ	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
zé	from	زِ	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
z'é	from, of	زِ	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
z'é āmadé	of the future	زِ آمَدِه	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zee	live!	زی	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zeebā	beautiful	زیبا	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
zeeré	under	زیرِ	Prepositions
zeerzameen	basement	زیر زَمین	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)

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