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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
with با raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
with با deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
ba’ad after بَعد More about Daily Routines
bābā dad بابا How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
bābāyé tō your dad (informal) بابایِ تو How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
baché child بچه Babies
bā cherāgh ō āb ō āyeené with the light and water and mirror با چراغ و آب و آینه fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
bad bad بَد beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
bad akhlāgh bad attitude بَد اَخلاق Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
badan body بدن How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
badan zang meezanam I'll call later. بَعداً زَنگ می‌زَنَم The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
bādé wine بادِه khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
badhālān bad state of being بَدحالان beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
badmazé bad tasting بدمزه The Concept of ‘Ezafé’
badmeenton badminton Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bad neestam I’m not bad بَد نیستَم How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
bahār spring بَهار More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
bahār bahār bahāré It’s spring, spring, spring بهار بهار بهاره meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
bahār bahār bahāré It’s spring, spring, spring بهار بهار بهاره meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
bahāré ārezoo rà my springtime of dreams بهار آرزو را meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro