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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
zé aspāné tāzee bé zareen setām	from Arabian horses in golden trappings	زِ اَسپانِ تازی بِه زَرّین سِتام	Shahnameh, Part 5
zé bahré sepanjee sarāy āmadand	for the sake of (creating) this temporary/transient world	زِ بَهرِ سِپَنجی سَرای آمَدَند	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
zé deebā vō khaz ō zé yāghoot ō zar	from brocades, furs, rubies, and gold	زِ دیبا وُ خَزّ و زِ یاقوت و زَر	Shahnameh, Part 5
zee	live!	زی	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zeebā	beautiful	زیبا	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
zeeré	under	زیرِ	Prepositions
zeerzameen	basement	زیر زَمین	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
zeeyam	may I live, that I live	زیَم	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
zé garmeesh pas khoshkee āmad padeed	from its heat then dryness appeared	زِ گَرمیش پَس خُشکی آمَد پَدید	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
zé gostardanee-hāyé beseeyār mar	from huge extents of expansion	زِ گُستَردَنی‌هایِ بِسیار مَر	Shahnameh, Part 5
zé har gooné gardan barafrākhté	showing and declaring themselves (in different combinations)	زِ هَر گونِه گَردَن بَر‌اَفراختِه	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
zé khārāsh gahvāré ō dāyé khāk	his cradle was made of thorns, and the land was his wet nurse	زِ خاراش گَهوارِه و دایِه خاک	Shahnameh, Part 2
zé khār ō zé khāshāk tan parvarad	they simply nurture their bodies from thorny bushes and undergrowth	زِ خار و زِ خاشاک تَن پَروَرَد	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
zé kooyé yār	from the direction of the lover	زِ کویِ یار	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
zemestoon	winter	زِمِستان	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint), More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
zendé	alive	زِندِه	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
zendegee	life	زِندِگی	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
zendegee	life		dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
zendegee	life	زِندِگی	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
zendegee bāyad kard	one must live	زندگی باید کرد	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2

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