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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
espāniā	Spain	اِسپانیا	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
espānyāyee	Spanish	اِسپانیایی	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
estakhr	pool	اِستَخر	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession , House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
ezdevāj	marriage	اِزدِواج	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings, Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
ezdevāj kardam	I got married	اِزدِواج کَردَم	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
ezdevāj kardan	to get married	اِزدِواج کَردَن	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
faghat chon tanhā-yeen bā ham deegé kesé deegéyee too khooné neest	it's just that since you're alone together and no one else is at home	فَقَط چون تَنهایین با هَمدیگِه، کِسِ دیگِه‌ای تو خونِه نیست	A Separation, Part 4
faghat, jesāratan, een kāree ké meefarmāyeed bā seesad yé khoordé kam neest?	it's just that, if I may, for this work that you mention, isn't 300,000 toman a little too little?	فَقَط، جِسارَتاً، این کاری کِه می‌فَرمایید با سیصَد یِه خوردِه کَم نیست؟	A Separation, Part 4
falak	heavens, sky	فَلَک	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
falak joz eshgh	the Universe, except love	فَلَک جُز عِشق	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
falak joz eshgh mehrābee nadārad	the Universe has no axis save that of love’s	فَلَک جُز عِشق مِحرابی نَدارَد	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
fals	gils	فال‌ها	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
fanā	annihilation	فَنا	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
faragh	wide		dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
farāncé	France	فَرانسِه	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
farānsavee	French	فَرانسَوی	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
fardā	tomorrow	فَردا	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
fardā meeresam	I’m arriving tomorrow	فَردا می‌رِسَم	How To Discuss Travel
faredé shafinury	Fared Shafinury	فَریدِ شَفیعی‌نوری	The Concept of "ezāfé"
fareeb	deception	فَریب	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2

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