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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
zaboon	tongue	زَبون	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
zafarān	saffron	زَعفَران	Persian Food
zafaroon	saffron	زَعفَرون	Persian Food
zāhed	ascetic	زاهِد	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
zahmatee neest	it's no trouble	زَحمَتی نیست	Introducing "Tārof"
zahmat kam koneem	let's lift the burden	زَحمَت کَم کُنیم	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
zahmat nakesh	don't go through trouble	زَحمَت نَکِش	Introducing "Tārof", Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
zamān	time, epoch, period, age, season	زَمان	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
zamān	zamān	زَمان	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
zamānee	sometime	زَمانی	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
zameen	land, ground, floor	زَمین	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
zameen	earth, estate, ground, land, soil	زَمین	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 6
zameen	floor	زَمین	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
zan	thoughts	ظَن	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
zan	wife (literally 'woman')	زَن	How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names, Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
zan	woman	زَن	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2
zan: āhā, een ham fekré khoobee-yé. chee dorost bokoneem?	Ah, that's a good idea, too. What should we make?	زَن: آها، این هَم فِکرِ خوبیِه. چی دُرُست بُکُنیم؟	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight
zanam chāhār māh hāmel-ast	my wife is four months pregnant	زَنَم جَهار ماه حامِلِه اَست	Babies
zanam hāmel-ast	my wife is pregnant	زَنَم حامِلِه اَست	Babies
zan: bāshé, espāgetti! meetooneem yek feelmé eetāliyāyee ham kerāyé koneem va hameen jā, too khooné negāh koneem!	Okay, spaghetti! We can rent an Italian movie and watch it here at home.	زَن: باشِه، اسپاگِتی! می‌تونیم یِک فیلمِ ایتالیایی هَم کِرایِه کُنیم وَ هَمین جا، تو خونِه نِگاه کُنیم!	A Dialogue About What We Should Do Tonight

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