Persian / English Dictionary

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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
khosh āmadeen	you're welcome	خوش‌آمدین	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
khosh āmadeen!	(you’re) welcome! (formal)	خوش آمَدین	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
khoshbakht	happy		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
khoshgel	pretty	خوشگِل	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
khoshgel-am	I am pretty	خوشگِلَم	The verb ‘To Be’
khoshgel-an	They are pretty	خوشگلَن	The verb ‘To Be’
khoshgel-é	He/she is pretty	خوشگِلِه	The verb ‘To Be’
khoshgel-ee	You are pretty (informal)	خوشگِلی	The verb ‘To Be’
khoshgel-eem	We are pretty	خوشگِلیم	The verb ‘To Be’
khoshgel-een	You are pretty (formal)	خوشگِلین	The verb ‘To Be’
khoshhāl	happy	خوشحال	Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
khoshhāl	happy	خوشحال	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
khoshhāl-am	I am happy	خوش‌حالَم	The verb ‘To Be’
khoshhāl-am	I am happy	خوشحالَم	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
khoshhāl-an	They are happy	خوش‌حالَن	The verb ‘To Be’
khoshhālān	happy state of being	خوش‌حالان	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
khoshhāl boodan	They were happy	خوش‌حال بودَن	The Simple Past Tense
khoshhāl-é	He/she is happy	خوش‌حالِه	The verb ‘To Be’
khoshhāl-ee	You are happy	خوش‌‌حالی	The verb ‘To Be’
khoshhāl-eem	We are happy	خوش‌حالیم	The verb ‘To Be’