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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
koodak	child	کودَک	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
koodakān	children	کودَکان	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
koo-ee	an alley	کو‌ای	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
kooh	mountain	کوه	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
koohāyee ché boland	such tall mountains	کوه‌های چه بلند	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
koohé bolandé bozorg	the tall big mountain	کوهِ بُلَندِ بُزُرگ	The Concept of "ezāfé"
koohhāyee	mountains	کوه‌های	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
kootāh	short	کوتاه	The Concept of "ezāfé"
kooy	vicinity, direction, neighborhood	کوی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
kooy	alley/suburb	کوی	rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 2
kooyat	your alley/suburb		rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 2
kooyé kharābāt	back alleys of disrepute, street of the winehouse	کویِ خَرابات	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
kosh	happy/content	خوش	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
kosh bāsh	be glad/content	خوش باش	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
koshtee	wrestling		Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
lab	lip	لب	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
labām	my lips	لبام	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
labāmō bastam	I closed my lips	لَبامو بَستَم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Intro
labāmō bastam	I closed my lips	لبامو بستم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
lādan: dokhtar!	Girl!	لادَن: دُختَر!	A Review Dialogue with Leyla, Matt and Ladan

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