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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
āhāy!	hey! hey, you!	آهای!	Meeting on the Street
ahsant	excellent, well done	اَحسَنت	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
ahvāl porsee	asking how people are doing	اَحوال‌پُرسی	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone
aidee	gift	عیدی	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
aidé shomā mobārak	Happy New Year	عید شُما مُبارَک	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
ajab zeeb-āst!	It's so beautiful!	عَجَب زیباست!	A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Uncle Ahmad
ajal	death	اَجَل	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
akharé hafté	weekend	آخَرِهَفتِه	How to Talk About Daily Routines
ākharé hafté	weekend	آخَرِ هَفتِه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
ākharé hafté cheekār kardee?	What did you do during the weekend? (informal)	آخَرِ هَفتِه چِه‌کار کَردی؟	The Simple Past Tense, Present Continuous Tense
ākharé hafté cheekār kardee?	What did you do over the weekend? (informal)	آخَرِ هَفتِه چِه‌کار کَردی؟	Compound Verbs
ākharé hafté cheekār kardeen?	What did you do during the weekend? (formal)	آخَرِ هَفتِه چِه‌کار کَردین؟	The Simple Past Tense, Compound Verbs
ākharé hafté cheekār meekonee?	What are you doing over the weekend?	آخَرِ هَفتِه چِه‌کار می‌کُنی؟	Present Continuous Tense
alaf	grass	علف	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
ālam	world	عالَم	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
ālam	the world	عالَم	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
alān	now	اَلان	Tārof When Welcoming Guests
alān ākharé shab-é. behtareen kār een-é ké bā ehteeyāt rānandegee koneed va bereseen khooné	It's late now. The best thing for you to do would be to drive home carefully.	اَلان آخَرِ شَبِه. بِهتَرین کار اینِه کِه با اِحتیاط رانَندِگی کنید وَ بِرِسین خونِه	Giving Thanks
alān ham meegam	I'm saying it now, too	اَلان هَم می‌گَم	A Separation, Part 5
albaté	of course	اَلبَتِّه	The Etiquette for Talking on the Phone

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