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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
vasaté shahr	center of town	وَسَطِ شَهر	How to Talk About Places Around Town, and Possession
va sedāyash hamchon neyzeyé kootāhee, pahnāyé ofogh rā paymood khabaré mā rā bā khod khāhad bord bé shahr	and the sound of which traversed the breadth of the horizon like a short spear will carry the news of us to the city		fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Intro
vaseeleyé naghleeyé	transportation	وَسیلِه نَقلیِه	Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
vasfé oo barghadré fahm āghāz kard	(and) began to describe the candle to the (limited) extent of its own understanding	وَصفِ او بَرقَدرِ فَهم آغاز کَرد	Parable of the Moths, Part 1
vasfé oo barghadré fahm āghāz kard	(and) began to describe the candle to the (limited) extent of its own understanding	وَصفِ او بَرقَدرِ فَهم آغاز کَرد
va shanbé raftam pārk	and Saturday I went to the park	وَ شَنبِه رَفتَم پارک	The Simple Past Tense
vasl	joining	وَصلِ	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3
vāterpolo	water polo	واتِر پُولُو	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
vazé haml	birth/labor	وَضعِ حَمل	Babies
veerāné	ruin	ویرانِه	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
vō	and	و	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
volleybāll	volleyball	والیبال	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
woman: man ābé bedooné yakh meekhām.	I would like water without ice.	خانُم: مَن آبِ بِدونِ یَخ می‌خوام.	A Dialogue in a Restaurant
yād	memory	یاد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
yagheen	certainty	یَقین	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
yakh	ice	یَخ	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
yakh chāl	refrigerator	یَخچال	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
yā meeree bā een yāroo masalat-ō hal meekonee	either you go solve your problem with this guy	یا می‌ری با این یارو مَسئَلَتُو حَل می‌کُنی	A Separation, Part 5
yār	beloved, lover, friend	یار	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
yār	beloved, lover, friend	یار	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2

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