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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
séshambé	Tuesday	سِهشَنبه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
seshanbé	Tuesday	سِه‌شَنبِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
setāré bar oo bar shegeftee nomood	stars appeared above, displaying their wonders	سِتارِه بَر او بَر شِگِفتی نُمود	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 3
setāré-shenāsān ham andar zamān	the astrologers at the very moment	سِتارِه‌شِناسان هَم اَندَر زَمان	Shahnameh, Part 5
setāyesh bé yazdān rasānandé-and	they're delivering their praises to God	سِتایِش بِه یَزدان رَسانَندِه‌اَند	Shahnameh, Part 3
sevom	3rd	سِوٌُم	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
shab	night	شَب	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
shab	night	شَب	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2, rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 3
shab bekhayr	good night	شَب بِخِیر	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
shabee	a night	شَبی	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
shabee yārab tavān deedan	do I dare to see the Divine?	شَبی یارَب تَوان دیدَن	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
shabé tāreek	dark night	شَبِ تاریک	The Concept of "ezāfé"
shabé tāreeké sard	the cold dark night	شَبِ تاریکِ سَرد	The Concept of "ezāfé"
shab-hā	every night	شَب‌ها	Present Continuous Tense
shab-hā shām meekohram	Every night, I eat dinner	شَب‌‌ها شام می‌خورَم	Present Continuous Tense
shabooné bā tō jam konam bereem khārej?	should I join you so we can go abroad overnight?	شَبونِه با تُو جَمع کُنَم بِریم خارِج؟	A Separation, Part 5
shād	happy	شاد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
shād	happy	شاد	Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
shād zee	live happily!	شاد زی	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
shāgerd	student	شاگِرد	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work

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