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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
yār	beloved, friend	یار	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
yār	friend	یار	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
yār	beloved, lover, friend	یار	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
yārab	the Divine	یارَب	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
yāré dabestāneeyé man	my classmate, my childhood school friend	یارِ دَبِستانیِ مَن	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 4
yāré man	my friend	یارِ مَن	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
yāré sheereenam	my sweet lover	یارِ شیرینَم	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
yavāshtar, lotfan	slower, please	یَواش‌تَر لُطفاً	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
yavāsh yavāsh pā sheem	slowly slowly start going	یَواش یَواش پا شیم	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
yāzdah	11	یازدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
yé	a (one)	یِه	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yé āsemoon bebāré	will rain down a sky full of tears	یِه آسِمون بِبارِه	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
yé chand modat hast	it's been a while, for a while	یِه چَند مُدَّت هَست	Meeting Up with Friends
yé chand modat hast mashghoolé kār shodam	I've been busy with work for a while	یِه چَند مُدَّت هَست مَشغولِ کار شُدَم	Meeting Up with Friends
yé dagheeghé khodet-ō bezār jāyé een badbakht-ā!	put yourself in the shoes of these poor people!	یِه دَقیقِه خودِتًو بِذار جایِ این بَدبَختا!	A Separation, Part 5
yek	one	یِک	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
yek	a	یک	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
yek	1	یِک	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
yé kalamé deegé harf nemeezané!	he can't even say one word anymore!	یِه کَلَمِه دیگِه حَرف نِمی‌زَنِه!	A Separation, Part 5
yek barādar	one brother	یِک بَرادَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten

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