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chō een chār gohar bé jāy āmadand as these four elements took their place چُو این چار گُوهَر بِه جای آمَدَند Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
chō gol like a flower چو گُل payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
chō hastee because you are چو هَستی khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
chon because چون khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3, beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
chon like چون deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 4
chon because چون deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 5
chon as, like; because, since; when چُون yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 4
chon āghebaté kāré jahān the conclusion of the work of the world چون عاقِبَتِ کارِ جَهان khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
chon āghebaté kāré jahān neestee hast Since the end of the affairs of the world is nothingness چون عاقبت کار جهان نیستی است khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Intro
chon āghebaté kāré jahān neestee hast Since the end of the affairs of the world is nothingness چون عاقِبَتِ کارِ جَهان نیستی اَست khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
chonān bee gonah baché-rā befganee for throwing away such a sinless child چُنان بی گُنَه بَچِّه را بِفگَنی Shahnameh, Part 3
choneen bood bakhshé tō, ay nāmjooy!" o ambitious one, such was your lot!" چُنین بود بَخشِ تُو اِی نامجوی Shahnameh, Part 1
choneen dād pāsokh ké "gar takht ō gāh he gave a reply as follows: چُنین داد پاسُخ کِه گَر تَخت و گاه Shahnameh, Part 4
choneen goft seemorgh bā pooré sām thus Simorgh said to ('with') the son of Sam چُنین گُفت سیمُرغ با پورِ سام Shahnameh, Part 4
chon gereft ātash zé sar tā pāyé oo as the fire took (enveloped) it (i.e. the moth) from head to toe (entirely) چُون گِرِفت آتَش زِ سَر تا پایِ او Parable of the Moths, Part 3
chon tō-rā nooh ast kashteebān, zé toofān gham makhor! so long as Noah is your captain, from the storm grieve not! چُون تُو را نوح اَست کَشتیبان، زِ طوفان غَم مَخُور yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Intro
chooné chin چونِه Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
chō ozvee bé dard āvarad rooz'gār if hard times cause one member to feel pain چُو عُضوى بِه‌ دَرد آوَرَد روزگار bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Intro, bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Part 2, bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Part 3
chō seemorgh-rā baché shod gorosné when Simorgh's children became hungry چُو سیمُرغ را بَچِّه شُد گُرُسنِه Shahnameh, Part 2
chō shab teeré shod rāyé khāb āmadash he became sleepy ('a sense of sleep came to him') when the night became dark چُو شَب تیرِه شُد رایِ خواب آمَدَش Shahnameh, Part 3