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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
vasaté hafté	middle of the week	وَسَطِ هَفتِه	How to Talk About Daily Routines, More about Daily Routines, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
vasaté hafté kār meekonam	I work in the middle of the week	وَسَطِ هَفتِه کار می‌کُنَم	How to Talk About Daily Routines, More about Daily Routines
vasaté shahr	center of town	وَسَطِ شَهر	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
va sedāyash hamchon neyzeyé kootāhee, pahnāyé ofogh rā paymood khabaré mā rā bā khod khāhad bord bé shahr	and the sound of which traversed the breadth of the horizon like a short spear will carry the news of us to the city		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
vaseeleyé naghleeyé	transportation	وَسیلِه نَقلیِه	Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
vasfé oo barghadré fahm āghāz kard	(and) began to describe the candle to the (limited) extent of its own understanding	وَصفِ او بَرقَدرِ فَهم آغاز کَرد	Parable of the Moths, Part 1
vasfé oo barghadré fahm āghāz kard	(and) began to describe the candle to the (limited) extent of its own understanding	وَصفِ او بَرقَدرِ فَهم آغاز کَرد
va shanbé raftam pārk	and Saturday I went to the park	وَ شَنبِه رَفتَم پارک	The Simple Past Tense
vasl	joining	وَصلِ	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
vāterpolo	water polo	واتِر پُولُو	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
va z'ān pas chō jonbandé āmad padeed	then, when the moving (roaming) creatures appeared	وَ زان پَس چُو جُنبَندِه آمَد پَدید	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
va z'ān pas zé ārām sardee namood	then the fire calmed, and so coldness appeared	وَ زان پَس زِ آرام سَردی نَمود	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
va z'ān zendegee kām jooyad hamee	these are the pleasures/aspirations they seek from that life (they’ve been granted)	وَ زان زِندِگی کام جویَد هَمی	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
vazé haml	birth/labor	وَضعِ حَمل	Babies
v'een	and this	وین	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2
v'een saré shooreedé bāz āyad bé sāmān, gham makhor!	and this disheveled mind will again find respite; grieve not!	وین سَرِ شوریدِه باز آیَد بِه سامان، غَم مَخُور	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Intro
veerāné	ruin	ویرانِه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
verdat	your incantation, your magic word, your mantra, your spell	وِردَت	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 6
vō	and	و	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
volleybāll	volleyball	والیبال	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)

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