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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
woman: man ābé bedooné yakh meekhām.	I would like water without ice.	خانُم: مَن آبِ بِدونِ یَخ می‌خوام.	A Dialogue in a Restaurant
yād	memory	یاد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
yādam raft	I forgot	یادَم رَفت	Talking with a Neighbor
yagheen	certainty	یَقین	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
yakh	ice	یَخ	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
yakh chāl	refrigerator	یَخچال	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
yā meeree bā een yāroo masalat-ō hal meekonee	either you go solve your problem with this guy	یا می‌ری با این یارو مَسئَلَتُو حَل می‌کُنی	A Separation, Part 5
yār	friend	یار	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
yār	beloved, lover, friend	یار	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
yār	beloved, lover, friend	یار	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
yār	beloved, lover, friend	یار	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
yār	beloved, friend	یار	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
yārab	the Divine	یارَب	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
yāré dabestāneeyé man	my classmate, my childhood school friend	یارِ دَبِستانیِ مَن	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
yāré man	my friend	یارِ مَن	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
yāré sheereenam	my sweet lover	یارِ شیرینَم	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
yavāshtar, lotfan	slower, please	یَواش‌تَر لُطفاً	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
yavāsh yavāsh pā sheem	slowly slowly start going	یَواش یَواش پا شیم	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
yāzdah	11	یازدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
yé	a (one)	یِه	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten

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