Persian / English Dictionary

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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
bokon	(you informal) do!	بُکن	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
bokonam	that I do, that I make, may I do! may I make!	بُکُنَم	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
boland	tall	بلند	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
boland	long	بُلَند	The Concept of "ezāfé"
bolbol	songbird	بُلبُل	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4
boo	smell	بو	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
bood	to be stem	بود	The Simple Past Tense, The verb ‘To Have’
bood	he/she/it was	بود	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
boodan	to be	بودَن	The verb ‘To Have’, The Simple Past Tense
boodan	to be	بودَن	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
boom	balcony	بوم	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
boos	kiss	بوس	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
boos bedé	give me a kiss	بوس بِدِه	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
booseyé tō	your kiss (informal)	بوسه‌ی تو	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
booyeè alaf	the smell of grass	بوی علف	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
bordan	winning	بُردَن	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bordan	to carry, win	بُردَن	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
borghé	a type of hejab	بُرقِع	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
borō	go!	بُرو	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4
borō	go!	بُرو	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3