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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
soozee	you burn	سوزی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
sorfé	cough	سُرفِه	More About Pain and Illness
sorkh	red	سُرخ	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
sorkh shod chon ātashee a'zāyé oo	every part of the moth turned red like a fire	سُرخ شُد چُون آتَشی اَعضایِ او	Parable of the Moths, Part 3
sost	numb	سست	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
sosté	burnt	سستِ	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
sotooné fagharāt	spine	سُتونِ فَقَرات	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
tā	so that, until	تا	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
tā	while/until	تا	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
tā	as long as, in order to, so that, until	تا	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
tā	to; in order to	تا	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
tā abad	until eternity, for forever	تا اَبَد	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
tā ba’d	until later	تا بَعد	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
tabāyé'	characters, dispositions, natures, temperaments	طَبایِع	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 6
tabāyé' joz keshesh kāree nadānand	the elements know naught save attraction one to another	طَبایِع جُز کِشِش کاری نَدانَند	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
tā begooyam sharhé dardé eshteeyāgh	so the pain of yearning, I can impart	تا بگویم شَرحِ دَردِ اشتیاق	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
tā begooyam sharhé dardé eshteeyāgh	so the pain of yearning, I can impart	تا بگویم شَرحِ دَردِ اشتیاق	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Intro
tābestoon	summer	تابِستون	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
tāblō	painting, poster, board, panel, sign	تابلُو‌	Tārof at a Gallery
tā fardā	until tomorrow	تا فَردا	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself

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