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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
asl	original	اَصلِ	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
asrār	secret	اَسرار	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
asrāré man	my secrets	اَسرارِ مَن	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
asr bekhayr	good afternoon	عَصر بِخِیر	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
asrooné	afternoon snack	عَصرونِه	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals, Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
ast	is	است	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
ast	he/she/it is	اَست	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
ātash	fire	آتَش	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
āteesh	fire	آتیش	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
āteesh	fire	آتَش	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
āvā	song	آوا	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
aval	1st	اَوٌَل	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
āvāyee hast	there is a song	آوایی هست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
āvāyeest	there is a song	آوایی‌ست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
āvāz	song	آواز	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
āvāzeest	a song	آواز‌یست	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
āvāz khoondan	to sing	آواز خوندَن	The Simple Subjunctive, Talking about Wants and Possibilities
āvril	April	آوریل	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
ay!	oh!	اِی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
āy	come!	آی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4

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