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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
marā k'az eshgh	to me than love	مَرا کَز عِشق	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
marā k'az eshgh bé nāyad sho'āree	no greater practice exists than the practice of love	مَرا کَز عِشق بِه نایَد شُعاری	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
mard	man	مَرد	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
mard	man	مَرد	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
mard	man	مَرد	Meeting New People
mardān	men	مَردان	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
mard: bejāsh meetooneem yek jā shām bokhoreem.	Instead we can go somewhere to eat dinner.	مَرد: بِجاش می‌تونیم یِک جا شام بُخوریم.	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: ché feelmee?	What movie?	مَرد: چِه فیلمی؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: een nazdeek yek restoorāné cheenee bāz shodé.	Near here there's a Chinese restaurant that just opened.	مَرد: این نَزدیک یِک رِستورانِ چینی باز شُدِه.	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: espāgetti chetor?	How about spaghetti?	مَرد: اِسپاگِتی چِطور؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: meetooneem too khooné shām dorost bokoneem.	We can make food at home.	مَرد: می‌تونیم تو خونِهِ شام دُرُست بُکُنیم.	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: nemeedoonam, tō chee fekr meekonee?	I don't know, what do you think?	مَرد: نِمی‌دونَم، تو چی فِکر می‌کُنی؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mard: too yakhchāl chee dāreem?	What do we have in the fridge?	مَرد: تو یَخچال چی داریم؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
mārmoolak	lizard	مارمولَک	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
mar-oo-rā dad ō dām farmān barad	creatures wild and tame at his command	مَر او را دَد و دام فَرمان بَرَد	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 5
mārs	March	مارس	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
martoob	humid	مَرطوب	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
martoob-é	It's humid	مَرطوبِه	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
maryam jān! meetoonee kenāré kimiā besheenee	Maryam! You can sit next to Kimia.	مَریَم جان! می‌تونی کِنارِ کیمیا بِشینی	How to Talk About School
mas'alé-ee neest. pas befarmāyeed bā man tamās begeeran man bāhāshoon gharār meezaram.	Okay, so tell him to call me, and I’ll make plans with him.	مَسئَلِه‌ای نیست. پَس بِفَرمایید با مَن تَماس بِگیرَن مَن باهاشون قَرار می‌ذارَم.	A Separation, Part 3

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