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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
esmesh ____ hast its name is ____ اِسمِش ــــــــــــ هَست
esmé shomā chee-yé? what is your name? (formal) اِسمِ شُما چیِه؟
esmeshoon ___-é his/her name is ____ (formal) اِسمِشون _________-ه
esmé tō chee-yé? what is your name? (informal) اِسمِ تُو چیِه؟
esmetoon? your name? what's your name? اِسمِتون؟
espāniā Spain اِسپانیا
espānyāyee Spanish اِسپانیایی
estakhr pool اِستَخر
ezdevāj marriage اِزدِواج
ezdevāj kardam I got married اِزدِواج کَردَم
ezdevāj kardan to get married اِزدِواج کَردَن
faghat chon tanhā-yeen bā ham deegé kesé deegéyee too khooné neest it's just that since you're alone together and no one else is at home فَقَط چون تَنهایین با هَمدیگِه، کِسِ دیگِه‌ای تو خونِه نیست
faghat, jesāratan, een kāree ké meefarmāyeed bā seesad yé khoordé kam neest? it's just that, if I may, for this work that you mention, isn't 300,000 toman a little too little? فَقَط، جِسارَتاً، این کاری کِه می‌فَرمایید با سیصَد یِه خوردِه کَم نیست؟
falak heavens, sky فَلَک
falak joz eshgh the Universe, except love فَلَک جُز عِشق
falak joz eshgh mehrābee nadārad the Universe has no axis save that of love’s فَلَک جُز عِشق مِحرابی نَدارَد
fals gils فال‌ها
fanā annihilation فَنا
faragh wide
farāncé France فَرانسِه