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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
mehmoon azeez-é	a guest is dear	مِهمون عَزیزِه	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
mehmoonee	party	مِهمونی	Food (Vocabulary Sprint), Proposals, Marriages and Weddings, How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
mehmoonee bad nabood, vali khasté boodam.	The party wasn’t bad, but I was tired.	مِهمونی بَد نَبود، وَلی خَستِه بودَم.	The Simple Past Tense
mehmoonee chetor bood?	How was the party?	مِهمونی چِطور بود؟	The Simple Past Tense
mehmoonee khoob nabood barāyé eenké khasté boodam.	The party wasn’t good because I was tired.	مِهمونی خوب نَبود، بَرایِ اینکِه خَستِه بودَم.	The Simple Past Tense
mehmooneeyé mofasal	epic party	مِهمونیِ مُفَصَّل	Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
mehmooné shomā	your guest	مِهمونِ شُما	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
mehmooné shomā-am	I'm your guest	مِهمونِ شُمااَم	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
mehmooné shomā-yom	I'm your guest	مِهمونِ شُمایُم	khoshā emshō: Baba Taher's khoshā emshō Part 2
mehrāb	altar, altars	مِحراب	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
mehrabānee	kindness	مهربانی	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
mehrabānee hast	there is kindness	مهربانی هست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Intro, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2
mehrābé abrooyat	altar of your eyebrows	مِحرابِ اَبرویَت	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
mehrābee	a church altar, mihrab	مِحرابی	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 2
mekseek	Mexico	مِکزیک	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
me’mār	architect	مِعمار	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
merci	thank you	مِرسی	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
meshkee	black	مِشکی	Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
meslé	like	مِثل	deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 4
meslé	like	مِثلِ	How to Discuss Breakfast, dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4

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