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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
nāzee	to stroke lovingly	نازی	Babies
nāz kardan	to stroke lovingly	ناز کردن	Babies
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	is not	نیست	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
neest	is not	نیست	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
neest	isn't	نیست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
neestee	not being	نیستی	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
neestee ast	is to not be	نیستی است	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3
nemeefahmam	I don’t understand	نِمی‌فَهمَم	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
nemeekhoonan nemeegan	they don’t sing, they don’t speak	نمی خونن نمی گن	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
nemeeresam	I won’t get there	نمیرسم.	How To Discuss Travel
nemeeshe	It's not possible	نمی‌شه	Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
nemeetoonam	I can't	نمی‌تونم.	Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
nemeetoonam beeshtar bokhoram	I can't eat more	نمی‌تونم بیشتر بخورم؟	Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
neshastee	you are sitting	نِشَستی	khosh bāsh: Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 2
nesheen	sit! (you, informal)	نِشین	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 5
neveesandé	writer	نِویسَندِه	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work

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