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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
bood	he/she/it was	بود	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
bood	to be stem	بود	The Simple Past Tense, The verb ‘To Have’
boodan	to be	بودَن	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
boodan	to be	بودَن	The verb ‘To Have’, The Simple Past Tense
boodee	you were	بودی	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
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
botreeyé sheer	milk bottle	بُطریِ شیر	Babies
bovad	there is	بُوَد	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
bovad	he/she/it is, there is	بُوَد	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
bowleeng	bowling	بُولینگ	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bozorg	big	بُزُرگ	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)

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