Persian / English Dictionary

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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
navad	90	نَوَد	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
na vālā	literally: 'no to god', meaning: no, really	نَه والا	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
nay	reed-flute	نِی	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
nāz	sweet, dear	ناز	Babies
nāz	sweet	ناز	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
nāzee	sweetie	نازی	Babies
nāz kardan	to pet sweetly	ناز کردن	Babies
neek	good, right	نیک	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
neek-am	I am good	نیکَم	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
neem	Half	نيم	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
neenee	baby	نی‌‌نی	Babies
neenee koochooloo	little baby	نی‌نی کوچولو	Babies
neest	It's not (shortened)	نیست	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
neest	he/she/it/there isn't, there aren't, they aren't	نیست	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5
neest	he/she/it/there isn't, they/there aren't	نیست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
neest	is not	نیست	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
neest	is not	نیست	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
neest	he/she/it/there isn't	نیست	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
neestee	not being	نیستی	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
neestee	you aren't	نیستی	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 4