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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
shod	he/she/it became	شُد	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
shod	became	شُد	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
shodam	I became	شُدَم	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
shodan	to become	شُدَن	Compound Verbs
shod een band-hārā sarāsar keleed	and became the key to all these locks/binds/mysteries	شُد این بَند‌ها را سَراسَر کِلید	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 5
shod yekee deegar gozasht az noor dar	another one (of the moths) went and passed through the light (of the candle)	شُد یِکی دیگَر گُذَشت اَز نور دَر	Parable of the Moths, Part 2
shod yekee parvāné tā ghasree zé door	one (of the moths) went out (i.e. flew) to a palace (and), from a distance	شُد یِکی پَروانِه تا قَصری زِ دور	Parable of the Moths, Part 1
shod yekee parvāné tā ghasree zé door	one (of the moths) went out (i.e. flew) to a palace (and), from a distance	شُد یِکی پَروانِه تا قَصری زِ دور
shogh	desire, fervor, inclination, pleasure, yearning	شُوق	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5
shoghé ka'bé	longing for the House of God, yearning for the Ka'aba	شُوقِ کَعبِه	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5
shohar	husband	شُوهَر	Families (Vocabulary Sprint), How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
shomā	you (formal)	شُما	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You, Review of Unit 2
shomā agé faghat chahār sad masalan, hadé aghal	if at least, for example, just four hundred	شُما اَگِه فَقَط چَهار صَد مَثَلاً، حَدِّ اَقَل	A Separation, Part 4
(shomā) ahlé koja hasteed?	where are you from? (formal)	(شُما) اَهلِ کُجا هَستید؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
(shomā) ahlé koja hasteen?	where are you from? (formal)	(شُما) اَهلِ کُجا هَستین؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
shomā ahlé kojā hasteen?	where are you from? (formal)	شُما اَهلِ کُجا هَستین؟	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
(shomā) asabānee shodeen	You (all) became angry	(شُما) عَصَبانی شُدین	Compound Verbs
(shomā) āshpazee kardeen	you (formal) cooked	(شُما) آشپَزی کَردین	Compound Verbs
shomā az teksās hasteen?	are you from Texas? (formal)	شُما اَز تِکزاس هَستین؟	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
shomā bāyad khāharé marjān bāsheed	you must be Marjan's sister	شُما بایَد خواهَرِ مَرجان باشید	Meeting New People

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