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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
kabootarā o zāghāt	your pigeons and your ravens	کَبوتَرا 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
kalé pāché	sheep head and hooves	کَلِّه پاچِه	How to Discuss Breakfast
kamāngeeree	bow and arrow	کَمانگیری	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
kamee fārsi meefahmam	I understand a bit of Persian	کَمی فارسی می‌فَهمَم	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
kami	a bit	کَمی	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
kam ō beesh	more or less	کَم و بیش	How to Talk About Daily Routines
kānādā	Canada	کانادا	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
kār	work	کار	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
kār	work	کار	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
kār	deed, thing, work	کار	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
kard	to do stem	کَرد	Compound Verbs
kard	did	کرد	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
kard	to do stem	کَرد	The Simple Past Tense
kārd	knife	کارد	Persian Food
kardan	to do	کَردَن	Compound Verbs, The Simple Past Tense, Present Continuous Tense
kāree	a deed, a thing, work	کاری	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
kāree nadānand	they don't know anything	کاری نَدانَند	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 6

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