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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
hendoostān	India	هِندوستان	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
hesāb	account, bill	حِساب	Giving Thanks
hesābdār	accountant	حِسابدار	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
hesābee	completely, really, totally	حِسابی	Giving Thanks
hesābee hamé cheez-rā bé ham reekhteem	we really messed things up for you	حِسابی هَمِه چیز را بِه‌ هَم ریختیم	Giving Thanks
hezār	thousand	هِزار	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
hezār	1000	هِزار	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
hezārān	thousands	هِزاران	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
hezārān jān zé har mooyat	thousands of souls from each strand of hair	هِزاران جان زِ هَر مویَت	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 5
hezār ō haftsad ō dō	1702	هِزار و هَفتصَد و دُو	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
hockey rooyé yakh	ice hockey	هاکی رویِ یَخ	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
hokm	ruling, sentence	حُکم	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
honarmand	artist	هُنَرمَند	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
hoshyār	conscious, sober, purposeful	هُشیار	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
host: bé restoorāné shāndeez khosh āmadeen!	Welcome to Shandeez restaurant!	میزبان: بِه رِستورانِ شاندیز خوش آمَدین!	A Dialogue in a Restaurant
host: beseeyār āli, befarmāyeen een taraf.	Wonderful, please come this way.	میزبان: بِسیار عالی، بِفَرمایین این طَرَف.	A Dialogue in a Restaurant
host: chand nafar hasteen?	How many are you?	میزبان: چَند نَفَر هَستین؟	A Dialogue in a Restaurant
hotel	hotel	هُتِل	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
irānee-yam	I am Iranian	ایرانی‌اَم	The verb ‘To Be’
irānee-yan	They are Iranian	ایرانی‌اَن	The verb ‘To Be’

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