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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
hoshyār	conscious, sober, purposeful	هُشیار	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
host: bé restoorāné shāndeez khosh āmadeen!	Welcome to Shandeez restaurant!	میزبان: بِه رِستورانِ شاندیز خوش آمَدین!	A Dialogue in a Restaurant
host: beseeyār āli, befarmāyeen een taraf.	Wonderful, please come this way.	میزبان: بِسیار عالی، بِفَرمایین این طَرَف.	A Dialogue in a Restaurant
host: chand nafar hasteen?	How many are you?	میزبان: چَند نَفَر هَستین؟	A Dialogue in a Restaurant
hotel	hotel	هُتِل	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
irānee-yam	I am Iranian	ایرانی‌اَم	The verb ‘To Be’
irānee-yan	They are Iranian	ایرانی‌اَن	The verb ‘To Be’
irānee-yé	He/she is Iranian	ایرانیِه	The verb ‘To Be’
irānee-yee	You are Iranian (informal)	ایرانی‌ای	The verb ‘To Be’
irānee-yeem	We are Iranian	ایرانی‌ایم	The verb ‘To Be’
irānee-yeen	You are Iranian (formal)	ایرانیی‌این	The verb ‘To Be’
jā	place	جا	Meeting on the Street
ja’ad	curls	جَعد	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
ja’adé geesooyat	the curls of your hair	جَعدِ گیسویَت	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
jādoo	magic	جادو	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
jahān	world	جَهان	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
jahān	world	جَهان	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
jahān	the world	جَهان	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
jahān	world	جَهان	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
jahān	world, universe	جَهان	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2

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