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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
jom’é	Friday	جُمعِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
jom’é shab rafteem moozé	Friday night we went to the museum	جُمعِه شَب رَفتیم موزِه.	The Simple Past Tense
jom’é ta'teel-é	Friday is off	جُمعِه تَعطیلِه	How to Talk About Daily Routines
jom’é tateelé!	Friday is off!	جُمعِه تَعطیلِه!	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
jomé ta'teelé	Friday's off	جُمعِه تَعطیلِ	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
jomlé	the entirety of; the sum of	جُملِه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
jomlé jān	entirety of life; all of existence	جُملِه جان	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
joojé	bird	جوجِه	Babies, Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
joojé kabob	chicken kabob	جوجِه کَباب	Persian Food
joojé kābob bā ostokhoon	chicken kabob with bone	جوجِه کَباب با اُستُخون	Persian Food
joojoo	bird	جوحو	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
joon	life	جون	rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 4
joon	dear	جون	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
joz	except, besides, but	جُز	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
kabob	kabob	کَباب	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
kabootar	pigeon	کَبوتَر	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
kabootarā o zāghāt	your pigeons and your ravens	کبوترا و زاغات	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
kabootar vār	like a pigeon	کَبوتَر وار	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
kaf	palm	کَف	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
kalāgh	crow	کلاغ	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5

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