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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
seeyāh	black	سیاه	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors), Colors (Vocabulary Sprint), raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
seeyāhash mozhé, deedé-hā gheergoon	his black eyelashes, and pitch-black eyes	سیاهَش مُژِه دیدِه‌ها قیرگون	Shahnameh, Part 5
seeyah paykar ō mooyé sar chon saman…?"	with a black body and hair like a jasmine on his head…?"	سیَه پِیکَر و مویِ سَر چُون سَمَن…؟	Shahnameh, Part 1
seeyāpoosh-an kalāghāt	your crows are wearing black	سیاپوشَن کَلاغات	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
seezdah	13	سیزدَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
seezdah bedar	Seezdah bedar	سیزدَه‌ بِدر	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
sefeed	white	سِفید	Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
sefr	zero	صِفر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
senjed	Persian olive	سِنجِد	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
sepāhee gerān az pasé poshté ooy	(and) from behind him, heavy cavalry	سِپاهی گِران اَز پَسِ پُشتِ اوی	Shahnameh, Part 3
sepeedé hastam. tavalodé shomā-st?	I'm Sepideh. Is it your birthday?	سِپیدِه هَستَم. تَوَلُّدِ شَماست؟	Meeting New People
septembre	September	سِپتامبر	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
seresht	born of, by nature	سِرِشت	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
serké	vinegar	سِرکِه	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
séshambé	Tuesday	سِهشَنبه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
seshanbé	Tuesday	سِه‌شَنبِه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
setāré-shenāsān ham andar zamān	the astrologers at the very moment	سِتارِه‌شِناسان هَم اَندَر زَمان	Shahnameh, Part 5
setāyesh bé yazdān rasānandé-and	they're delivering their praises to God	سِتایِش بِه یَزدان رَسانَندِه‌اَند	Shahnameh, Part 3
sevom	3rd	سِوٌُم	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
shab	night	شَب	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3

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