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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
kon	he/she does	کُن	Present Continuous Tense
konam	that I do, that I make, may I do! may I make!	کُنَم	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
kond	slow	کُند	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
kondtar	slower	کُند‌تَر	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
kondtareen	slowest	کند‌‌تَرین	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
konoon	now	کُنون	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
konoon por shegeftee yekee dāstān	now, a fascinating story	کُنون پُر شِگِفتی یِکی داستان	Shahnameh, Part 1
koo?	where is it? (colloquial)	کو؟	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
koochak	small	کوچک	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
koocheek	small	کوچیک	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
koocheektar	smaller	کوچیک‌تَر	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
koocheektareen	smallest	کوچیک‌تَرین	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
koodak	child	کودَک	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
koodak	small child	کودَک	Babies
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	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
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

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