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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
sabz	green	سَبز	Colors (Vocabulary Sprint), How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
sabzé	herbs	سَبزِه	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
sabzee	herbs / greens	سَبزی	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals, How to Discuss Breakfast, Colors (Vocabulary Sprint)
sabzee polō bā māhee	herb rice wth fish	سبزی پُلو	Nowruz (Vocabulary Sprint)
sad	a hundred	صَد	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 4
sad	100	صَد	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
sad	a hundred	صَد	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
sad ō shast ō haft	167	صَد و شَصت و هَفت	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
sad sālé	a hundred years old, for a hundred years	صَد سالِه	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 4
sāf	clean, clear, straight, pure	صاف	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
safā ovordeen	it's great to have you here	صَفا اُوُردین	Tārof When Welcoming Guests
safar bekhayr	safe journey (bon voyage!)	سَفَر بِخِیر	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
safaré kāree	business trip	سَفَرِ کاری	Meeting New People
safar khosh	safe travels	سَفَر خوش	How To Discuss Travel
sāfee	colander, purifier	صافی	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 6
sag	dog	سَگ	Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
saghf	ceiling, roof	سَقف	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 2
saghf	ceiling	سَقف	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
saghfé tō	your ceiling, your roof	سَقفِ تُو	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 2
sag pāyeené meezé.	The dog is below the table.	سَگ پایینِ میزِه.	Prepositions

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