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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
vasl	joining	وَصلِ	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
vāterpolo	water polo	واتِر پُولُو	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
va z'ān pas chō jonbandé āmad padeed	then, when the moving (roaming) creatures appeared	وَ زان پَس چُو جُنبَندِه آمَد پَدید	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
va z'ān pas zé ārām sardee namood	then the fire calmed, and so coldness appeared	وَ زان پَس زِ آرام سَردی نَمود	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
va z'ān zendegee kām jooyad hamee	these are the pleasures/aspirations they seek from that life (they’ve been granted)	وَ زان زِندِگی کام جویَد هَمی	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
vazé haml	birth/labor	وَضعِ حَمل	Babies
veerāné	ruin	ویرانِه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
vō	and	و	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
volleybāll	volleyball	والیبال	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
woman: man ābé bedooné yakh meekhām.	I would like water without ice.	خانُم: مَن آبِ بِدونِ یَخ می‌خوام.	A Dialogue in a Restaurant
yād	memory	یاد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
yādam raft	I forgot	یادَم رَفت	Talking with a Neighbor
yagheen	certainty	یَقین	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
yakh	ice	یَخ	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
yakh chāl	refrigerator	یَخچال	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
yā meeree bā een yāroo masalat-ō hal meekonee	either you go solve your problem with this guy	یا می‌ری با این یارو مَسئَلَتُو حَل می‌کُنی	A Separation, Part 5
yār	beloved, lover, friend	یار	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
yār	friend	یار	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
yār	beloved, friend	یار	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
yār	beloved, lover, friend	یار	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2

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