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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
yeksar beeyā eenjā come here right now! یِکسَر بیا اینجا barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
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'
zahmat kam koneem Let's lift the burden. زحمت کم کنیم The Etiquette of Being Hosted
zahmat nakesh don't go through trouble زحمت نکش Introducing 'Tārof', Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
zamān time, epoch, period, age, season زَمان barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
zamān zamān زَمان Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
zamānee sometime زَمانی barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
zameen land, ground, floor زَمین rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
zameen floor زَمین House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
zan woman زَن beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2