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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
napooyad chō pooyandegān har sooyee	they do not move about like creatures that can move in any direction	نَپویَد چُو پویَندِگان هَر سویی	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4
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)
naroondam	I didn't drive	نروندم	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
naroondee	you didn't drive	نروندی	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
narooyad	he/she/it doesn't germinate/grow/spring/sprout/thrive	نَرویَد	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
narooyad tokhmé kas	no one's grain grows, no one's seed germinates	نَرویَد تُخمِ کَس	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
narooyad tokhmé kas bee dānéyé eshgh	the fruit of no one’s loins grow sans the seed of love	نَرویَد تُخمِ کَس بی‌ دانِهٔ عِشق	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Intro
naseem	breeze, waft	نَسیم	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
naseem	breeze	نَسیم	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
naseemé bādé noroozee	the waft of Nowruz-y winds	نَسیمِ بادِ نُوروزی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
naseemé ja’adé geesooyat	the breeze passing through the curls of your hair	نَسیمِ جَعدِ گیسویَت	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
nashāyad ké nāmat nahand ādamee	the title ‘human being’ you can’t share	نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی	bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Part 3
nashāyad ké nāmat nahand ādamee	the title ‘human being’ you can’t share!	نَشایَد کِه نامَت نَهَند آدَمی	bani ādam: Saadi's bani ādam Intro
nasheen	don’t sit (informal)	نَشین	More Present Continuous and Imperatives(!)

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