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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
bastam	I closed	بستم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
basté shodan	to become closed	بَستِه شُدَن	Compound Verbs
bāyad	should, must	بایَد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
bāyad	must/should	بایَد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
bāyad	must	بایَد	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
bāyad chāi bekhoram	I have to drink tea	بایَد چای بِخورَم	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
bāyad khaylee morāghebesh bāsheenā	you really have to take good care of him	بایَد خِیلی مُراقِبِش باشینا	A Separation, Part 4
bāyad māsheen dāshté bāsham	I have to have a car	بایَد ماشین داشتِه باشَم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāyad mofasal barāt ta'reef konam	I'll have to describe it in detail to you	بایَد مُفَصَّل بَرات تَعریف کُنَم	Meeting Up with Friends
bāyad yavāsh yavāsh beram	I must start slowly leaving	بایَد یَواش یَواش بِرَم	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
bāz	again, still, yet	باز	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2
bāz	again	باز	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
bāzār	bazaar	بازار	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
bāz āyad	he/she/it comes again, that he/she/it comes again	باز آیَد	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2
bāzee	game	بازی	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 4
bāzee	game, play, playing	بازی	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
bāzee-hāyé penhān	covered/hidden/occult/secret/shrouded/unseen games	بازی‌هایِ پِنهان	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 4
bāzeekon	players	بازیکُن	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bāzee-st	it's a game, it is play, it is (the act of) playing	بازیست	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
bāzgasht ō daftaré khod bāz kard	it (i.e. the moth) returned and opened up its notebook	بازگَشت و دَفتَرِ خود باز کَرد	Parable of the Moths, Part 1

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