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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
ātash	fire	آتَش	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
āteesh	fire	آتَش	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
āteesh	fire	آتیش	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
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	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
ay!	oh!	اِی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
āy	come!	آی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4
ayb	fault	عِیب	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
ʿayb	fault	عِیب	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
aybash	his/her/its fault	عِیبَش	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
ʿaybé rendān	the fault of the wrongdoers	عِیبِ رِندان	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
ʿaybé rendān makon ay zāhedé pākeezé seresht	don’t blame the profligates, o pure-natured ascetic	عِیبِ رِندان مَکُن اِی زاِهدِ پاکیزِه سِرِشت	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro
āyeené	mirror	آینه	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2

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