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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
senjed	Persian olive	سِنجِد	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
septembre	September	سِپتامبر	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
serké	vinegar	سِرکِه	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
séshambé	Tuesday	سِهشَنبه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
sé shanbé	Tuesday	سِه‌شَنبِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
sevom	3rd	سِوٌُم	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
shab	night	شب	rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 2, rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 3
shab bekhayr	good night	شَب بِخِیر	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
shabé tāreek	dark night	شَبِ تاریک	The Concept of "ezāfé"
shabé tāreeké sard	the cold dark night	شَبِ تاریکِ سَرد	The Concept of "ezāfé"
shab-hā	every night	شَب‌ها	Present Continuous Tense
shab-hā shām meekohram	Every night, I eat dinner	شَب‌‌ها شام می‌خورَم	Present Continuous Tense
shād	happy	شاد	Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
shād	happy	شاد	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
shād zee	live happily!	شاد زی	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
shāgerd	student	شاگِرد	How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
shaghāyegh	poppy flowers	شقایق	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 2, fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
shaghāyeghhāyé sookhté	burnt poppy flowers	شقایق‌های سوخته	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
shāhnāmé	Book of Kings	شاهنامه	Transition to Persian Poetry
shalgham	turnips	شَلغَم	More About Pain and Illness

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