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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
with با deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
ba’ad after بَعد More about Daily Routines
ba'ad az zohr bé man khabarash-ō bedé choon man bā yekee deegé sohbat kardam then let me know about it by this afternoon because I've talked to someone else بَعد اَز ظُهر بِه مَن خَبَرَشو بِدِه چون مَن با یِکی دیگِه صُحبَت کَردَم A Separation, Part 1
bābā dad بابا How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
bābāyé tō your dad (informal) بابایِ تو How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
baché child بچه Babies
bā cherāgh ō āb ō āyeené with the light and water and mirror با چراغ و آب و آینه fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
bad bad بَد payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
bad bad بَد beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
bād wind باد shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
bād wind باد payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
bad akhlāgh bad attitude بَد اَخلاق Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
badan body بدن How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
badan zang meezanam I'll call later. بَعداً زَنگ می‌زَنَم The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
bādé wine بادِه khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
badhālān bad state of being بَدحالان beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
badmazé bad tasting بَدمَزِه The Concept of "ezāfé"
badmeenton badminton Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bad neestam I’m not bad بَد نیستَم How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
bahār spring بَهار More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)