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nakard oo bekhordan az ān khord yād he never thought again about eating of that little one نَکَرد او بِخُوردَن اَز آن خُرد یاد Shahnameh, Part 2
nakhāhand they won't نَخواهَند aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
nākhāharee stepsister ناخواهرى Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
nakhandeed he/she/it didn't laugh/smile نَخَندید sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
nākhoon fingernail ناخون Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
nakhor! Don’t eat! (informal) نَخور Review of Unit 3
nakhord he/she didn't eat نخورد Review of Unit 3
nakhordan to not eat نَخوردَن Review of Unit 3
nakhoreen! Don’t eat! (formal) نَخورین Review of Unit 3
nakon don't do نَکُن khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
nakon don't do نَکُن aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
nālān weepy نالان beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
nåleedé-and wailing نالیده‌ِاند beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
nām name نام fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
nāmādaree step mother نامادرى Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
namak salt نَمَک How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
na, mamnoon-am no, thank you نَه، ممنونَم Introducing "Tārof"
na man az pardé-yé taghvā bé dar oftādam o bas it’s not only me who fell from the veil of piety نَه مَن اَز پَردِهٔ تَقوا بِه دَراُفتادَم و بَس aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro
na, man fe’lan mojarad-am no, I'm currently single نِه، مَن فِعلاً مُجَرَّدَم A Separation, Part 4
na, (man) kāram-ō doost nadāram no, I don’t like my job نَه، (مَن) کارَمُو دوست نَدارَم How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
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