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hafté week هَفتِه More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons, Review of Unit 2, Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
hafté-ee each week هَفتِه‌ای Habitual Actions
hafté-ee yek bar once a week هَفتِه‌ای یِک بار Habitual Actions
hafté-ee yek bār bé kelāssé yogā meeram. Once a week I go to yoga class. هَفتِه‌ای یِک بار بِه کِلاسِ یوگا می‌رَم. Habitual Actions
hafteyee yek bār āshpazee meekonam. I cook once a week. هَفتِه‌ای یِک بار آشپَزی می‌کُنَم. Habitual Actions
haftom 7th هَفتُم More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
haft ō neem deegé khaylee zood-é half past seven is rather early هَفت و نیم دیگِه خِیلی زودِه A Separation, Part 1
haftsad 700 هَفتصَد More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
hagh right, rights حَق rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
hagheeghat truth حَقیقَت rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
hakeemān sages, the wise حَکیمان sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 6
hakeemān een keshesh-rā eshgh khānand (and) the wise know this attraction to be love (its very self) حَکیمان این کِشِش را عِشق خوانَند sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
hāl state of being حال beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
hālā now حالا How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
hālā deegé khodetoon meedooneed ké now then, you know yourself that حالا دیگِه خودِتون می‌دونید کِه A Separation, Part 1
hālā maseeram ham door-é well, my commute is also far حالا مَسیرَم هَم دورِه A Separation, Part 1
hālam bad-é I feel bad حالَم بَدِه How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
hālam khoob-é I’m feeling well حالَم خوبِه How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
hālam khoob neest I don’t feel well حالَم خوب نیست How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
hālam khoob neest I don’t feel well حالَم خوب نیست More About Pain and Illness