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kay when کِی How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases, rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
kay bé donyā oomad? when was she/he born? کِی بِه دُنیا اومَد؟ Babies
kay gozāram when should I place کِی گُذارَم rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
kay khabar yābee zé jānān yek zamān? when/how will you become aware of the dearest one (i.e. the beloved), even for a moment? کِی خَبَر یابی زِ جانان یِک زَمان؟ Parable of the Moths, Part 4
kay meeresee? when will you get here? کِی می‌رِسی؟ How To Discuss Travel
kay oftād when it fell (out) کِی اُفتاد Getting Attention
k'az that by/from/of/than کَز dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 6
k'az that from کَز payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4
k'az that from کَز beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
k'az andeeshéyé del shetāb āmadash for his heart beat faster with thoughts کَز اَندیشِهٔ دِل شِتاب آمَدَش Shahnameh, Part 3
kaz neyestān tā marā beboreedé-and since they cute me away from the reedbed کَز نیستان تا مَرا بِبُریده‌اَند beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
kaz neyestān tā marā beboreedé-and since they cute me away from the reedbed کَز نیستان تا مَرا بِبُریده‌اَند beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Intro
k'azoo mehrabāntar bedoo dāyé neest for there is no kinder wet nurse to him than Him کَزو مِهرَبان‌تَر بِدو دایِه نیست Shahnameh, Part 3
that, so کِه payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4
in order to, so that, that, to, when, where, which کِه dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 4
that کِه barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
that کِه barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
that کِه barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
that, so کِه payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
that کِه deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5