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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
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
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	zamān	زَمان	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
zamān	time, epoch, period, age, season	زَمان	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
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)

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