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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
khānevadé	family	خانِوادِه	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
khānevādé	family	خانِوادِه	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
khānevādé tashreef nadāran?	the family isn't there?	خانِوادِه تَشریف نَدارَن؟	A Separation, Part 4
khānevādeyé bozorg	big family	خانواده بزرگ	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
khānevādeyé koocheek	small family	خانواده کوچک	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
khānéyé eshgh	house of love	خانِهٔ عِشق	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
khānom	Mrs., Ms., ma'am, miss, lady	خانُم	Getting Attention
khānom, een sheeré okseejenesh-ō nabasté boodeenā seft	you know, ma'am, you didn't close this oxygen valve tight enough	خانُم، این شیرِ اُکسیژِنِشو نَبَستِه بودینا سِفت	A Separation, Part 2
khānomé shams	Mrs. Shams, Ms. Shams	خانُمِ شَمس	Getting Attention
khānom, man deerooz roo hesābé harfé shomā yekee-rō rad kardam raft. man... chahāré ba'ad az zohr-é! man fardā chejooree yekee deegé-rō peydā konam...?	On account of what you said, ma'am, I passed on someone yesterday, and they left. I…it's four in the afternoon! How am I supposed to find someone else by tomorrow…?	خانُم، مَن دیروز رو حِسابِ حَرفِ شُما یِکی رو رَد کَردَم رَفت. مَن… چَهارِ بَعد اَز ظُهرِه! مَن فَردا چِجوری یِکی دیگِه رو پِیدا کُنَم…؟	A Separation, Part 2
khānoom	Mrs/Ms.	خانُم	The Concept of "ezāfé"
khanoomé portmané zeebā	the beautiful Mrs. Portman	خانُمِ پُرتمَنِ زیبا	The Concept of "ezāfé"
khānoom shams	Ms. Shams	خانُم شَمس	The Concept of "ezāfé"
khar	literally 'donkey,' meaning 'idiot'	خَر	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
khar	donkey	خَر	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
kharāb	ruined	خَراب	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
kharābam meekonad	it ruins me	خَرابَم می‌کُنَد	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
kharābāt	ruins, disrepute, winehouse	خَرابات	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
kharchang	crab	خرچنگ	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
khareed	shopping	خَرید	Meeting New People

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