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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
zan	wife (literally 'woman')	زَن	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names, Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
zan	thoughts	ظَن	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
zan	woman	زَن	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
zan: āhā, een ham fekré khoobee-yé. chee dorost bokoneem?	Ah, that's a good idea, too. What should we make?	زَن: آها، این هَم فِکرِ خوبیِه. چی دُرُست بُکُنیم؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zanam chāhār māh hāmelast	my wife is four months pregnant	زنم جهار ماه حامله‌ست	Babies
zanam hāmelast	my wife is pregnant	زنم حامله‌ست	Babies
zan: bāshé, espāgetti! meetooneem yek feelmé eetāliyāyee ham kerāyé koneem va hameen jā, too khooné negāh koneem!	Okay, spaghetti! We can rent an Italian movie and watch it here at home.	زَن: باشِه، اسپاگِتی! می‌تونیم یِک فیلمِ ایتالیایی هَم کِرایِه کُنیم وَ هَمین جا، تو خونِه نِگاه کُنیم!	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zan: benazaré tō emshab cheekār bokoneem?	In your opinion, what should we do tonight?	زَن: بِنَظَرِ تو اِمشَب چِکار بُکُنیم؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zan: doost dāree bereem cinemā?	Would you like to go to the movies?	زَن: دوست داری بِریم سینِما؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zané khod	their thoughts	ظَنِ خود	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
zané man	my wife	زَنِ مَن	The Concept of "ezāfé"
zangé een bālāyeeyé mā rā bezaneed	tap our buzzer up here	زَنگِ این بالاییِ ما را بِزَنید	A Separation, Part 1
zan: gojé farangee dāreem, gooshté charkh kardé dāreem, va peeyāz dāreem.	We have a tomato, ground beef, and onions.	زَن: گُوجِه فَرَنگی داریم، گوشتِ چَرخ کَردِه داریم، وَ پیاز داریم.	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zan: man ghazāyé cheenee doost nadaram. ghazāyé eetāliyāyee beeshtar doost dāram.	I don't like Chinese food. I like Italian food more.	زَن: مَن غَذایِ چینی دوست نَدارَم. غَذایِ ایتالیایی بیشتَر دوست دارَم.	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zan: masalan kojā?	Like where?	زَن: مَثَلاً کُجا؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
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

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