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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
namak salt نَمَک How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
na, mamnoon-am no, thank you نَه، ممنونَم Introducing "Tārof"
na man az pardé-yé taghvā bé dar oftādam o bas it’s not only me who fell from the veil of piety نَه مَن اَز پَردِهٔ تَقوا بِه دَراُفتادَم و بَس aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Intro
na, man fe’lan mojarad-am no, I'm currently single نِه، مَن فِعلاً مُجَرَّدَم A Separation, Part 4
na, (man) kāram-ō doost nadāram no, I don’t like my job نَه، (مَن) کارَمُو دوست نَدارَم How to Talk About Your Job and Where You Work
na, man neemeekhām begam ké shomā-rō meeshenāsam. nagoftam meeyām eenjā barāyé kār… I don’t want him to know that you know me. I didn’t tell him I was coming here for work. نَه، مَن نِمی‌خوام بِگَم کِه شُما رو می‌شِناسَم. نَگفتَم می‌آم اینجا بَرایِ (بَرِه) کار… A Separation, Part 3
namāyeshgāh gallery, fair, exhibition نَمایِشگاه Tārof at a Gallery
na, merci no, thank you نَه، مِرسی Introducing "Tārof"
na, merci no, thank you نَه، مِرسی How to Host or Be Hosted (especially when it involves chai)
nāmzad fiancé نامزَد Proposals, Marriages and Weddings, Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
nāmzadee engagement نامزَدی Proposals, Marriages and Weddings
na, oon-ō khodam meedoonam bāyad chekār konam no, I myself know what to do with him نَه، اونُو خودُو می‌دونَم بایَد چِکار کُنَم A Separation, Part 5
nāpedaree step father ناپدرى Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
naraft to not go stem نَرَفت The Simple Past Tense
naraftan to not go نَرَفتَن The Simple Past Tense
nārāhat uncomfortable ناراحَت The Concept of "ezāfé"
nārāhat shod he/she became unhappy ناراحَت شُد Compound Verbs
nārāhat shodan to become unhappy ناراحَت شُدَن Compound Verbs
nārangee mandarin orange نارَنگی Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
nāranjee orange نارَنجی How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)