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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
chō z'een bogzaree mardom āmad padeed	after you pass this (part of the story), Humankind appeared	چُو زین بُگذَری مَردُم آمَد پَدید	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 5
cinemā	movie theater	سینِما	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
computer rooyé meez-é.	The computer is on the table.	کامپیوتِر رویِ میزِه.	Prepositions
conclusion	āghebat	عاقِبَت	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
dād	he/she/it gave	داد	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
dādan	to give	دادَن	Talking with a Neighbor
da'eeghé	minute	دَقیقِه	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
dā'eman	always, constantly, continually	دائماً	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3
dā'eman yeksān nabāshad hālé dorān, gham makhor!	the ways of the world never remain the same—grieve not!	دائماً یِکسان نَباشَد حالِ دُوران، غَم مَخُور	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Intro
daftar	ledger	دفتر	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
dagheeghan	exactly	دَقیقاً	How to Talk About School
dah	10	دَه	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
dahan	mouth	دَهَن	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
dahom	10th	دَهُم	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
dākhelé	inside	داخِلِ	Prepositions
dākhelé maghāz-am.	I’m inside the store.	داخلِ مغازِه‌‌اَم.	Prepositions
dam	moment	دَم	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
dam	next to	دَم	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
damāgh	nose	دَماغ	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
dāman	skirt, clothing	دامَن	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4

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