Persian / English Dictionary

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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
ast	he/she/it is	اَست	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 3
ast	is	است	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
ast	is	اَست	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
ātash	fire	آتَش	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
āteesh	fire	آتیش	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
āteesh	fire	آتَش	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
āvā	song	آوا	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
aval	1st	اَوٌَل	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
āvāyee hast	there is a song	آوایی هَست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
āvāyeest	there is a song	آوایی‌ست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
āvāz	song	آواز	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
āvāzeest	a song	آواز‌یست	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
āvāz khoondan	to sing	آواز خوندَن	The Simple Subjunctive, Talking about Wants and Possibilities
āvril	April	آوریل	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
ay!	oh!	اِی	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
ay!	oh!	اِی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
āy	come!	آی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4
āy!	oh! ouch!	آی!	Getting Attention
ayb	fault	عِیب	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
ʿayb	fault	عِیب	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2