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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
shekāyat	complaint	شِکایَت	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
shekāyat meekonad	it complains	شِکایَت می‌کُند	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
shenā kardan	to swim	شِنا کَردَن	Present Continuous Tense
shenā kon	swim	شِنا کُن	Present Continuous Tense
shō	night	شو	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
shō	become!	شُو	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
shō	(you informal) become!	شو	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
sho'ār	battle cry, custom, motto, slogan, tradition	شُعار	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
sho'āree	a battle cry, custom, motto, slogan, tradition	شُعاری	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
shod	became	شُد	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
shod	to become stem	شُد	Compound Verbs
shod	he/she/it became	شُد	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
shod	he/she/it became	شُد	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
shodam	I became	شُدَم	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
shodan	to become	شُدَن	Compound Verbs
shod een band-hārā sarāsar keleed	and became the key to all these locks/binds/mysteries	شُد این بَند‌ها را سَراسَر کِلید	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 5
shod yekee deegar gozasht az noor dar	another one (of the moths) went and passed through the light (of the candle)	شُد یِکی دیگَر گُذَشت اَز نور دَر	Parable of the Moths, Part 2
shod yekee parvāné tā ghasree zé door	one (of the moths) went out (i.e. flew) to a palace (and), from a distance	شُد یِکی پَروانِه تا قَصری زِ دور	Parable of the Moths, Part 1
shod yekee parvāné tā ghasree zé door	one (of the moths) went out (i.e. flew) to a palace (and), from a distance	شُد یِکی پَروانِه تا قَصری زِ دور
shogh	desire, fervor, inclination, pleasure, yearning	شُوق	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5

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