Persian / English Dictionary

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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
barré	lamb/sheep	بَره	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
bar tō	on you	بَر تُو	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
bas	enough, that's it, it's finished	بَس	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 5
basebāll	baseball	بِیس بال	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bā seeyāh cheshmān	with those with black eyes	با سیاه چِشمان	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
bāsh	be!	باش	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
bāsh	be	باش	Subjunctive To Have and To Be, khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
bāsham	(I) be	باشَم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshan	(they) be	باشَن	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshé	ok	باشِه	How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
bāshé	(he/she) be	باشِه	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshé	okay	باشِه	A Separation, Part 1
bāshé, bezār yād dāsht konam	okay, let me make a note	باشِه، بِذار یادداشت کُنَم	A Separation, Part 4
bāshee	(you informal) be	باشی	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāsheem	(we) be	باشیم	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāsheen	(you formal) be	باشین	Subjunctive To Have and To Be
bāshgāh	gym, club	باشگاه	Meeting on the Street
basketbāll	basketball	بَسکِتبال	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bastam	I closed	بستم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
basté shodan	to become closed	بَستِه شُدَن	Compound Verbs