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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
del	heart	دِل	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint), rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 4, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
del	heart	دِل	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
delam	my heart	دلم	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
delam barāt ché tangé	my heart yearns for you	دلم برات چه تنگه	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
delam beham khordé	I have a stomachache/my stomach is jumbled	دِلَم بِه هَم خوردِه	More About Pain and Illness
delam ché bee gharāré	my heart is so unsettled	دلم چه بی قراره	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
delam ché bee gharāré	my heart is so unsettled	دلم چه بی قراره	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
delam dard meekoné	my stomach/heart hurts	دلم درد ميكنه	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
delam gerefté	depressed	دِلَم گِرِفتِه	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
del dard dāram	I have a stomachache	دِل دَرد دارَم	More About Pain and Illness
delé man	my heart	دل من	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
deltang-am	I miss, I am nostalgic	دِلتَنگَم	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
deltang-am	I am heavy-hearted	دِلتَنگَم	The verb ‘To Be’
deltang-an	They are heavy-hearted	دِلتَنگَن	The verb ‘To Be’
deltang boodan	to be heavy-hearted	دِلتَنگ بودَن	The Simple Past Tense
deltang-é	He/she is heavy-hearted	دِلتَنگِه	The verb ‘To Be’
deltang-ee	You are heavy-hearted (informal)	دِلتَنگی	The verb ‘To Be’
deltang-eem	We are heavy-hearted	دِلتَنگیم	The verb ‘To Be’
deltang-een	You are heavy-hearted (formal)	دِلتَنگین	The verb ‘To Be’
derakhsheedan	glowing	درخشیدن	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4

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