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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
mozāhem neesteen	you are not trouble (formal)	مُزاحِم نیستین	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
na	no	نَه	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
na	no, not	نَه	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
na	no, not	نَه	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
na, ayb nadāré. oon ham jāyé pedaram-é	no, no worries, I would treat him as I treat my father	نَه، عِیب (عِب) نَدارِه. اون هَم جایِ پِدَرَمِه	A Separation, Part 4
na bābā	literally: 'no father', meaning: no way	نَه بابا	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
nābarādaree	stepbrother	نابرادرى	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
nabāt	rock candy	نَبات	More About Pain and Illness
nabāyad	must not	نَبایَد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
nabāyad	mustn’t/shouldn’t	نَبایَد	Talking about Wants and Possibilities
na, bé khodā	no, by god	نَه، بِه خُدا	Introducing "Tārof"
nabood eech farzand mar-sām-rā	Sam had no child	نَبود ایچ فَرزَند مَر سام را	Shahnameh, Part 1
nadārad	he/she/it doesn't have	نَدارَد	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
na deegé	not really	نَه دیگِه	A Separation, Part 1
nafeer	inside of an instrument (cry)	نَفیر	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
nafeeram	my insides	نَفیرَم	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
nāghedé eeshān chō deed oo-rā zé door	when their pundit/sage saw it (i.e. this moth) from afar	ناقِدِ ایشان چُو دید او را زِ دور	Parable of the Moths, Part 4
nāghedesh goft "een neshān neest, ay azeez	the pundit/sage said (to the second moth), “this is not a (true) sign/evidence (of the candle), my dear	ناقِدِش گُفت این نِشان نیست اِی عَزیز	Parable of the Moths, Part 3
nāghodee k’oo dāsht dar majma' mahee	a pundit/sage who had a position of authority/honor among them (i.e. the moths)	ناقُدی کو داشت دَر مَجمَعِ مَهی	Parable of the Moths, Part 2
na, gorosné neestam	No, I’m not hungry	نَه گُرُسنِه نیستَم	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted

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