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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
polō	rice	پُلو	Persian Food
polõ khoresh	rice and stew	پُلو خورِشت	Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
polō va khoresh	rice and stew	پُلو وَ خورِش	Persian Food
poonsad	500	پونصَد	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
poonsad ō panjā ō panj	555	پونصَد و پَنجاه و پَنج	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
poonzdah	15	پونزدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
por az bahooné boodam	I was full of excuses	پر از بهونه بودم	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
porsidan	to ask	پرسیدن	Telephoning and Other Structured Infinitives
posht	back		Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
poshtam dard meekoné	my back hurts	پشتم درد می‌‌کنه.	More About Pain and Illness
poshté	behind	پُشتِ	Prepositions
poshteboom	rooftop	پُشتِ بوم	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
postham dard meekoné	my back hurts	پشتم درد می‌کنه.	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
rā	(object marker)	را	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
rā	direct object marker	را	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
rā	a direct object marker used to refer to a specific object	را	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3
raft	to go stem	رَقت	The Simple Past Tense
raftam cinemā	I went to the movies	رَفتَم سینِما	The Simple Past Tense
raftam kelāsé naghāshee	I went to drawing class	رَفتَم کِلاسِ نَقاشی	The Simple Past Tense
raftam kelāsé yogā	I went to yoga class	رَفتَم کِلاسِ یوگا	The Simple Past Tense

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