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beshnõ een nay chon shekayat meekonad Listen to this reed-flute, how it complains بِشنو این نَی چون شِکایَت می‌کُند beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Intro
beshnõ een nay chon shekāyat meekonad Listen to this reed-flute, how it complains بِشنو این نَی چون شِکایَت می‌کُند beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
beshō become! بِشُو sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
bé shomā ketāb dādam I gave you a book بِه شُما کِتاب دادَم Respect in the Persian Culture
be sooyé in seek of; seeking به سوی deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
be tarafé in the direction of به طرف deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
bé yazdān konoon sooyé poozesh gerāy apologize now to God بِه یَزدان کُنون سویِ پوزِش گِرای Shahnameh, Part 3
bezad bargereftash az ān garm sang hit and took him away from those hot stones بِزَد بَرگِرِفتَش اَز آن گَرم سَنگ Shahnameh, Part 2
bezār put (informal) بِذار More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
bezāreen put (formal) بِذارین More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
bezāreen pāyeen put (it) down (formal) بِذارین پایین More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
bezār pāyeen put (it) down (informal) بِذار پایین More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
bezār roo meez put (it) on the table بِذار رو میز More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)
bobak sohbat kard Bobak spoke بابَک صُحبَت کَرد Review of Unit 3
bokhoor steam بُخور More About Pain and Illness
bokhor! Eat! (informal) بُخور Review of Unit 3
bokhoram that I eat بُخورَم Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
bokhoreem? Shall we eat? بُخوریم؟ Review of Unit 3
bokhoreen! Eat! (formal) بُخورین Review of Unit 3
bokon (you informal) do! بُکن deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
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