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beheshoon ketāb dādam you gave them a book بِهِشون کِتاب دادَم Respect in the Persian Culture
behesht heaven بِهِشت aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
behesht heaven بِهِشت aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
beheshté abad eternal heaven بِهِشتِ اَبَد aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
behet to you (informal) بِهِت Respect in the Persian Culture
behet ketāb dādam I gave you a book بِهِت کتاب دادم. Respect in the Persian Culture
behetoon to you (formal) بِهِتون Respect in the Persian Culture
behetoon ketāb dādam I gave you a book بِهِتون کِتاب دادَم Respect in the Persian Culture
beh nāyad nothing better comes, exists بِه نایَد sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
behtar better بِهتَر sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
behtar better بِهتَر sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
behtar-é it’s better بِهتَرِه Talking about Wants and Possibilities
behtar-é beram I’d better go بِهتَرِه بِرَم Talking about Wants and Possibilities
behtar-é chāi nakhoram I better not drink tea بِهتَرِه چای نَخورَم Talking about Wants and Possibilities
behtareen best بِهتَرین sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
behtareen kār een-é ké the best thing to do is بِهتَرین کار اینِه کِه Giving Thanks
bejonbeed chon kār payvasté shod and with these connections in place, they began to move بِجُنبید چُون کار پِیوَستِه شُد Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 3
bejooshad hamee dar delam khooné garm! may all the warm blood in my heart boil! بِجوشَد هَمی دَر دِلَم خونِ گَرم Shahnameh, Part 1
bé kaf āree in your palm you have بِه کَف آری aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
bé khāk andaroon roshanāyee fozood adding brightness to the soil below بِه خاک اَندَرون رُوشَنایی فُزود Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 3
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