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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
zarāfé	giraffe	زَرافِه	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
zar-andoozee	the act of collecting gold	زَر‌اَندوزی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
zarchoobé	turmeric	زَردچوبِه	Persian Food
zard	yellow	زَرد	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
zardeeyé man az tō, sorkheeyé tō az man	my yellowness to you, your redness to me	زَردی مَن اَز تو، سُرخیِ تو اَز مَن	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
zarf shoowee	kitchen sink	ظَرف شویی	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
zargh ō bargh	garishness, gaudiness	زَرق و بَرق	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
zargh-sāzee	embellishment	زَرق‌سازی	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
zāyeedan	to give birth	زاییدَن	Babies
zāyemān	giving birth	زایِمان	Babies
zāyeshgāh	place to give birth	زایِشگاه	Babies
zé	of	زِ	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
zé	from	زِ	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
zé	by, from, of, than	زِ	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
zé	from, by, than, of	زِ	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
z'é	from, of	زِ	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zé akhtar gereftand yek yek neshān	took signs from the stars, one by one	زِ اَختَر گِرِفتَند یِک یِک نِشان	Shahnameh, Part 5
z'é āmadé	of the future	زِ آمَدِه	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zé aspāné tāzee bé zareen setām	from Arabian horses in golden trappings	زِ اَسپانِ تازی بِه زَرّین سِتام	Shahnameh, Part 5
zé deebā vō khaz ō zé yāghoot ō zar	from brocades, furs, rubies, and gold	زِ دیبا وُ خَزّ و زِ یاقوت و زَر	Shahnameh, Part 5

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