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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
doost dokhtar	girlfriend	دوست دختر	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
doostee	friendship	دوستی	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
doosté sameemee	intimate friend	دوست صمیمی	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
doost pesar	boyfriend	دوست پسر	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
dō paré tō faré kolāhé man-ast"	your two wings are the splendor of my crown"	دُو پَرِّ تُو فَرِّ کُلاهِ مَنَست	Shahnameh, Part 4
dō pesar	two sons	دُو پِسَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
dor	age, circumference, cycle, era, period, revolution, time, turn	دُور	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3
dorān	ages, circumferences, cycles, eras, periods, revolutions, times, turns	دُوران	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3
dorāné ālam	cycles of the world, revolutions, the world's cycles	دُورانِ عالَم	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
doré gardoon	cycle of heaven, turn of heaven	دُورِ گَردون	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3
doré gardoon gar dō roozee bar morādé mā naraft	should the heavens not turn in our favor for a couple of days	دُورِ گَردون گَر دُو روزی بَر مُرادِ ما نَرَفت	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Intro
dorood!	hi! greetings!	دُرود	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
dō roozee	a couple of days, two days	دُو روزی	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3
doroshké	stroller	دُرُشکِه	Babies
dorost kard	he/she made	دُرُست کَرد	Compound Verbs
dorost kardan	to make	دُرُست کَردَن	Compound Verbs
dorost meegam?	am I correct?	دُرُست می‌گَم؟	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
doshambé	Monday	دوشَنبه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
doshanbé	Monday	دُوشَنبِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
doshanbé shab-hā footbāll tamāshā meekonam	On Monday nights, I watch football	دوشَنبِه شَب‌ها فوتبال تَماشا می‌کُنَم	Present Continuous Tense

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