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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
hālā shāyad roozé avalet-é, khasté shodee	you must be tired since it's just your first day	حالا شایَد روزِ اَوَّلِتِه، خَستِه شُدی	A Separation, Part 2
haleem	oatmeal-like dish	حَلیم	How to Discuss Breakfast
hālé shomā chetor-é?	how are you? (formal)	حالِ شُما چِطورِه؟	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
hālé shomā chetor-é?	how are you? (formal)	حالِ شُما چِطُورِه؟	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
hālet chetor-é?	how are you feeling?	حالِت چِطورِه؟	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
hālet chetor-é?	how are you? (informal)	حالِت چِطورِه؟	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
hālet chetor-é?	how are you? (informal)	حالِت چِطُورِه؟	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
hālé tō chetor-é?	How are you? (informal)	حالِ تو چِطورِه؟	Review of Unit 2
ham	and	هَم	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
ham	also	هَم	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
hamāghooshee	embracing		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
hamāghooshee dar	embracing in		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
hamām meekonam	I take a bath	حَمام می‌کُنَم	More about Daily Routines
hamāngah beeyāyam chō abré seeyāh	immediately, I'll appear before you, like a black cloud	هَمانگَه بیایَم چُو اَبرِ سیاه	Shahnameh, Part 6
hamāngah beeyāyam chō abré seeyāh	immediately, I'll appear before you, like a black cloud	هَمانگَه بیایَم چُو اَبرِ سیاه	Shahnameh, Part 4
hamchenoon	thus	هَمچِنون	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
hamchō	thus	هَمچُو	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
hamchō ān yek kay neshān dādee tō neez?"	just like that other moth, how have you presented any sign? (i.e. you haven’t!)"	هَمچُو آن یِک کِی نِشان دادی تُو نیز؟	Parable of the Moths, Part 3
hamchō khod majnoon konam	thus I will make myself crazy	هَمچُو خود مَجنون کُنَم	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
hamé	all, every, everyone	هَمِه	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3

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