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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
kāheshee	a decrease, a reduction, a wasting away	کاهِشی	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 6
kalāgh	crow	کلاغ	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
kalām	word, speech	کَلام	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 5
kalāmé del	the word of the heart	کَلامِ دِل	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan 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
kan'ān	Canaan	کَنعان	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2
kandan	to carve, inscribe, dig, take off (clothes), tear out (eyes, teeth, etc.)	کَندَن	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 4
kār	work	کار	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
kār	work	کار	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh 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	he/she/it did	کَرد	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
kard	to do stem	کَرد	Compound Verbs
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

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