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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
tarafé rāsté	to the right of	طَرَفِ راستِ	Prepositions
tarāree	playfulness		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
ta'reef kardan	to describe	تَعریف کَردَن	Meeting Up with Friends
tāreek	dark	تاریک	The Concept of "ezāfé"
tāreekh	date	تاریخ	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
tārof	Persian etiquette	تعارُف	Introducing "Tārof"
tārof nakon	don't tārof	تعارُف نَکُن	Introducing "Tārof"
tā shaghāyegh hast	while there are poppy flowers	تا شقایق هست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
tashreef āvordan	to grace with your presence	تَشریف آوُردَن	Meeting New People
tashreef āvordeen	you graced us with your presence	تَشریف آوُردین	Tārof at a Gallery
tashreef dāshtan	to be available, be present	تَشریف داشتَن	Tārof When Welcoming Guests
tashreef dāshté bāsheed, alān	please hold on for now	شریف داشتِه باشید، اَلان	A Separation, Part 1
tashreef ovordan	to grace with your presence	تَشریف اُوُردَن	Meeting New People
ta'teel	day off, holiday, vacation	تَعطیل	Meeting New People
ta'teel oomadee khareed?	have you come out shopping on your day off?	تَعطیل اومَدی خَرید؟	Meeting New People
tavalod	birth, birthday	تَوَلُّد	Meeting New People
tavān	ability	تَوان	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
tā zeeyam	as long as I live	تا زیَم	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
tāzé khordam	I just ate.	تازِه خوردَم	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
team	team	تیم	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)

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