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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
behet	to you (informal)	بِهِت	Respect in the Persian Culture
behet ketāb dādam	I gave you a book	بِهِت کتاب دادم.	Respect in the Persian Culture
behetoon	to you (formal)	بِهِتون	Respect in the Persian Culture
behetoon ketāb dādam	I gave you a book	بِهِتون کِتاب دادَم	Respect in the Persian Culture
beh nāyad	nothing better comes, exists	بِه نایَد	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
behtar	better	بِهتَر	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
behtar	better	بِهتَر	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
behtar-é	it’s better	بِهتَرِه	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
behtar-é beram	I’d better go	بِهتَرِه بِرَم	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
behtar-é chāi nakhoram	I better not drink tea	بِهتَرِه چای نَخورَم	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
behtareen	best	بِهتَرین	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
bejooshad hamee dar delam khooné garm!	may all the warm blood in my heart boil!	بِجوشَد هَمی دَر دِلَم خونِ گَرم	Shahnameh, Part 1
bé kaf āree	in your palm you have	بِه کَف آری	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
bekhodā sangeen-é barām. bekhodā sangeen-é. nemeetoonam, vāgh'an nemeekesham. sangeen-é, kāretoon zeeyād-é khaylee	I swear it's too much for me. I swear it's too much. I can't; I really can't handle it. It's hard; your work is too tough	بِخُدا سَنگینِه بَرام. بِخُدا سَنگینِه. نِمی‌تونَم، واقعاً نِمی‌کِشَم. سَنگینِه، کارِتون زیادِه خِیلی	A Separation, Part 2
bé mādaram telephon kardam	I called my mother	بِه مادَرَم تِلِفُن کَردَم	Telephoning and Other Structured Infinitives
bé mādaram telephon zadam	I called my mother	بِه مادَرَم تِلِفُن زَدَم	Telephoning and Other Structured Infinitives
bé man	to me	بِه مَن	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
bé man bar bebakhshāyad andar nahān!	would forgive me in secret!	بِه مَن بَر بِبَخشایَد اَندَر نَهان	Shahnameh, Part 1
bé man telephon kard?	did she telephone me?	بِه مَن تِلِفُن کَرد؟	Telephoning and Other Structured Infinitives
bé marthā telephon kard	he/she telephoned Martha	بِه مارتا تِلِفُن کَرد	Telephoning and Other Structured Infinitives

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