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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
sandaleeyé sheeké kootāh	the short comfortable chair	صَندَلیِ شیکِ کوتاه	The Concept of "ezāfé"
sāndeveech dorost kardam	I made a sandwich	ساندِویچ دُرُست کَردَم	Compound Verbs
sānyé	second	ثانیِه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
sar	head	سَر	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint), dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4, rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2
sar	head	سَر	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 6
sarafrāz ō hoshyār ō gord ō savār!"	proud and smart and a hero and cavalryman!"	سَر‌اَفراز و هُشیار و گُرد و سَوار	Shahnameh, Part 5
sarafrāztar kas meeyāné mehān	proudest among the greats	سَر‌اَفراز‌تَر کَس میانِ مِهان	Shahnameh, Part 4
sārā jān	dear Sara	سارا جان	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 4
sārā joon	dear Sara	سارا جون	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 4
sāra khooné dāré	Sara has a house	سارا خونِه دارِه.	The verb ‘To Have’
sāra khooné nadāré	Sara doesn’t have a house	سارا خونِه نَدارِه.	The verb ‘To Have’
saram dard meekoné	my head hurts	سَرَم دَرد می‌کُنِه	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, More About Pain and Illness
saram-ō bord	literally 'it took my head,' meaning 'it's very loud'	سَرَمُو بُرد	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
saram-ō bordee	literally 'you took my head' (informal), meaning 'you talk too much'	سَرَمُو بُردی	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
sarāpāyé koodak hamé bengareed!	all of you look at the child from head to toe!	سَراپایِ کودَک هَمِه بِنگَرید	Shahnameh, Part 4
sārā tarafé rāsté maryam-é.	Sara is to the right of Maryam	سارا طَرَفِ راستِ مریَمِه.	Prepositions
sar az pāyat	my head from your foot	سَر اَز پایَت	rooz ō shab: Rumi's rooz ō shab Part 2
sard	cold	سَرد	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
sar dard dāram	I have a headache	سَر دَرد دارَم	More About Pain and Illness
sard-é	It's cold	سَردِه	How to Talk About the Time and Weather

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