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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
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(!)
bé zeer andar āmad sarānshān zé bakht	their heads bowing down by decree of fate	بِه زیر اَندَر آمَد سَرانشان زِ بَخت	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
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
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	بُلَند	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

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