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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
āree, tā shaghāyegh hast, zendegee bāyad kard	yes, while there are poppy flowers, one must live	آری، تا شقایق هست، زندگی باید کرد.	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
āré, faghat saree'tar savār shō	yeah, but just get in quicker!	آرِه، فَقَط سَریع‌تَر سَوار شُو	Meeting on the Street
āré, salām meeresoonan	yes, they say hello.	آرِه، سَلام می‌رِسونَن	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
aroos	bride	عَروس	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
aroosee	wedding	عَروسی	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
aroosee	wedding	عروسی	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
arz kardam... az deerooz nemeetooné khodesh-ō negah dāré	as I said… he hasn't been able to hold himself since yesterday	اَرض کَردَم… اَز دیروز نِمی‌تونِه خودِشو نِگَه (نِگَر) دارِه	A Separation, Part 4
arzoon	cheap	اَرزون	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
arzoontar	cheaper	اَرزون‌تَر	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
arzoontareen	cheapest	اَرزون‌تَرین	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
asabānee shod	he/she became angry	عَصَبانی شُد	Compound Verbs
asabānee shodan	getting angry	عَصَبانی شُدَن	Compound Verbs
asabāni boodan	to be angry	عَصَبانی بودَن	Telephoning and Other Structured Infinitives
asal	honey	عَسَل	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals, How to Discuss Breakfast, How to Talk About Love and Friendship
asb	horse	اَسب	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint), raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
asb savāree	horse back riding	اَسب‌سَواری	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
āsemān	sky	آسِمان	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 6
āsemān	sky	آسِمان	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
āsheghā	lovers	عاشِقا	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
āsheghān	lovers	عاشِقان	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 4

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