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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
ké boodash bar ānjā konāmé gorooh	where the nest of his brood was	کِه بودَش بَر آنجا کُنامِ گُروه	Shahnameh, Part 2
ké boodee?	who was? who would have been?	کِه بودی؟	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
ké boodee zendé?	who was alive? who would have been alive?	کِه بودی زِندِه؟	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
ké boodee zendé dar dowrāné ālam?	how would any have lived throughout all of the world’s cycles?	کِه بودی زِندِه دَر دُورانِ عالَم؟	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
ké dar āfareenesh zé yek gohar-and	for in creation, from one soul they came	کِه دَر آفَرينِش زِ یِک گُوهَرَند	bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Intro, bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Part 2, bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Part 3
ké dar tant har rooz rangee-st nō	the color in your body is new every day	کِه دَر تَنت هَر روز رَنگیست نُو	Shahnameh, Part 3
ké dar zeeré parat beparvardé-am	because I've fostered you under (my) wings	کِه دَر زیرِ پَرَّت بِپَروَردِه‌اَم	Shahnameh, Part 4
ké delam meekhaād	that my heart wants	که دلم می‌خواد	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
ké delam meekhāhad	that my heart wants	که دلم می‌‌خواهد	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
ké delam meekhāhad	that my heart wants	کِه دِلَم می‌خواهَد	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro
kee	who	کی	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten, How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
kee barāyé man darkhāsté talāgh dād?	who gave me a request for divorce?	کی بَرایِ مَن دَرخواستِ طَلاق داد؟	A Separation, Part 5
kee eenjā fārsi zabān-é?	who here speaks Persian?	کى اینجا فارسى زَبانِه؟	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
ké een-ā hesāb neest	that these things don't count	کِه اینا حِساب نیست	Giving Thanks
keefé pool	wallet	کیفِ پول	Getting Attention
kee khooné zendegeeyesh-ō vel kard raft?	who turned their back on their home and life and left?	کی خونِه زِندِگیِشُو وِل کَرد رَفت؟	A Separation, Part 5
keené	grudge	کینِه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 4
keené	grudge	کینِه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
keenehā	grudges	کینِه ها	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
keenehā	grudges	کینِه ها	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 4

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