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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
chon āghebaté kāré jahān neestee hast	Since the end of the affairs of the world is nothingness	چون عاقِبَتِ کارِ جَهان نیستی اَست	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
chonān bee gonah baché-rā befganee	for throwing away such a sinless child	چُنان بی گُنَه بَچِّه را بِفگَنی	Shahnameh, Part 3
choneen bood bakhshé tō, ay nāmjooy!"	o ambitious one, such was your lot!"	چُنین بود بَخشِ تُو اِی نامجوی	Shahnameh, Part 1
choneen dād pāsokh ké "gar takht ō gāh	he gave a reply as follows:	چُنین داد پاسُخ کِه گَر تَخت و گاه	Shahnameh, Part 4
choneen goft seemorgh bā pooré sām	thus Simorgh said to ('with') the son of Sam	چُنین گُفت سیمُرغ با پورِ سام	Shahnameh, Part 4
chon gereft ātash zé sar tā pāyé oo	as the fire took (enveloped) it (i.e. the moth) from head to toe (entirely)	چُون گِرِفت آتَش زِ سَر تا پایِ او	Parable of the Moths, Part 3
chooné	chin	چونِه	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
chō ozvee bé dard āvarad rooz'gār	if hard times cause one member to feel pain	چُو عُضوى بِه‌ دَرد آوَرَد روزگار	bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Intro, bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Part 2, bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Part 3
chō seemorgh-rā baché shod gorosné	when Simorgh's children became hungry	چُو سیمُرغ را بَچِّه شُد گُرُسنِه	Shahnameh, Part 2
chō shab teeré shod rāyé khāb āmadash	he became sleepy ('a sense of sleep came to him') when the night became dark	چُو شَب تیرِه شُد رایِ خواب آمَدَش	Shahnameh, Part 3
cinemā	movie theater	سینِما	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
computer rooyé meez-é.	The computer is on the table.	کامپیوتِر رویِ میزِه.	Prepositions
conclusion	āghebat	عاقِبَت	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
dād	he/she/it gave	داد	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
dādan	to give	دادَن	Talking with a Neighbor
da'eeghé	minute	دَقیقِه	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
daftar	ledger	دفتر	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
dagheeghan	exactly	دَقیقاً	How to Talk About School
dah	10	دَه	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
dahan	mouth	دَهَن	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)

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