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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
seebee	an apple	سیبی	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
seeb hast	there are apples	سیب هست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
seeb hast	there are apples	سیب هست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
seefeed	white	سِفید	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
seemorgh	phoenix	سیمرغ	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
seené	chest/heart	سینِه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 4
seené	chest / breast	سینِه	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint), beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
seené khāham sharhé sharhé az farāgh	I seek a heart, from longing torn apart	سینه خواهم شَرحه شَرحه از فِراق	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Intro
seené khāham sharhé sharhé az farāgh	I seek a heart, from longing torn apart	سینه خواهم شَرحه شَرحه از فِراق	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
seer	garlic	سیر	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
seer-am	I'm full	سیرَم	Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
seer-am vālā	I'm really full	سیرَم والا	Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
seesad	300	سیصَد	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
seeyāh	black	سیاه	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
seeyāh	black	سیاه	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), Colors (Vocabulary Sprint), raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
seeyāhash mozhé, deedé-hā gheergoon	his black eyelashes, and pitch-black eyes	سیاهَش مُژِه دیدِه‌ها قیرگون	Shahnameh, Part 5
seeyah paykar ō mooyé sar chon saman…?"	with a black body and hair like a jasmine on his head…?"	سیَه پِیکَر و مویِ سَر چُون سَمَن…؟	Shahnameh, Part 1
seeyāpoosh-an kalāghāt	your crows are wearing black	سیاپوشَن کَلاغات	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
seezdah	13	سیزدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
seezdah bedar	Seezdah bedar	سیزدَه‌ بِدر	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)

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