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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
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	بَدمینتُون	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bad neestam	I'm not bad	بَد نیستَم	Meeting Up with Friends
bad neestam	I’m not bad	بَد نیستَم	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
bad neestam. yé modat naboodam haméyé gol-hā pazhmordé shodan	I'm not bad, but I wasn't here for a while, and all my flowers wilted	بَد نیستَم. یِه مُدَّت نَبودَم هَمِهٔ گُل‌ها پَژمُردِه شُدَن	Talking with a Neighbor
baghalé hamoonee ké zadee bachash oftādé?	on that one who you hit and who lost her child?	بَغَلِ هَمونی کِه زَدی بَچِّه‌اَش اُفتادِه؟	A Separation, Part 5
bah!	oh! wow!	بَه!	Meeting Up with Friends
bahār	spring	بَهار	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
bahār, bahār, bahār-é	it’s spring, it's spring, it's spring	بَهار، بَهار، بَهارِه	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
bahār, bahār, bahār-é	it’s spring, it's spring, it's spring	بَهار، بَهار، بَهارِه	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
bahāré ārezoo-rā	my springtime of dreams	بَهارِ آرِزو را	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
bahāré tō azeez-é	your spring is so precious	بَهارِ تُو عَزیزِه	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
bā hoselé	with patience	با حوصِلِه	Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
bakht	fortune, fate, luck	بَخت	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
bākhtan	losing	باختَن	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bālā	above	بالا	Prepositions
bālā ovordam	I threw up	بالا اُوُردَم	More About Pain and Illness
bālāyé	above	بالایِ	Prepositions
balé	yes	بَلِه	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions, Proposals, Marriages and Weddings

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