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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
zé gostardanee-hāyé beseeyār mar	from huge extents of expansion	زِ گُستَردَنی‌هایِ بِسیار مَر	Shahnameh, Part 5
zé har gooné gardan barafrākhté	showing and declaring themselves (in different combinations)	زِ هَر گونِه گَردَن بَر‌اَفراختِه	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
zé khārāsh gahvāré ō dāyé khāk	his cradle was made of thorns, and the land was his wet nurse	زِ خاراش گَهوارِه و دایِه خاک	Shahnameh, Part 2
zé khār ō zé khāshāk tan parvarad	they simply nurture their bodies from thorny bushes and undergrowth	زِ خار و زِ خاشاک تَن پَروَرَد	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
zé kooyé yār	from the direction of the lover	زِ کویِ یار	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
zemestoon	winter	زِمِستان	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint), More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
zendé	alive	زِندِه	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
zendegee	life	زِندِگی	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zendegee	life		dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
zendegee	life	زِندِگی	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
zendegee bāyad kard	one must live	زندگی باید کرد	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
zendegee khālee neest	life is not empty	زندگی خالی نیست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
zendegee khālee neest	life is not empty	زندگی خالی نیست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
zendegee kon	live!	زِندِگی کُن	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zendegeeyé noghreyé āvāzeest	the silvery life of a song		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
zé rāhé kherad bengaree andakee	(it behooves you to) look through the way of wisdom, just a little	زِ راهِ خِرَد بِنگَری اَندَکی	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 6
zé sardee hamān bāz taree fozood	and from coldness grew moisture/wetness again	زِ سَردی هَمان باز تَری فُزود	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
zé shamsheeré hendee bé zareen neeyām	from Indian swords in golden sheaths	زِ شَمشیرِ هِندی بِه زَرّین نیام	Shahnameh, Part 5
zesht	ugly	زِشت	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
zeshtar	uglier	زِشت‌تَر	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)

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