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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
shogh	desire, fervor, inclination, pleasure, yearning	شُوق	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5
shogh	affection, craving, delight, desire, fervor, inclination, love, lust, pleasure, tendency, yearning	شُوق	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 5
shoghé ka'bé	longing for the House of God, yearning for the Ka'aba	شُوقِ کَعبِه	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5
shohar	husband	شُوهَر	Families (Vocabulary Sprint), How to Talk About Your Family, and Introduce Their Names
shokooh	splendor	شُکوه	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 4
sho'lé	blaze, flame, flames	شُعلِه‌	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 6
sho'lé-ash	its flames	شُعلِه‌اَش	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 6
shomā	you (formal)	شُما	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You, Review of Unit 2
shomā	you (plural or formal)	شُما	dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 2
shomā agé faghat chahār sad masalan, hadé aghal	if at least, for example, just four hundred	شُما اَگِه فَقَط چَهار صَد مَثَلاً، حَدِّ اَقَل	A Separation, Part 4
(shomā) ahlé kojā hasteed?	where are you from? (formal)	(شُما) اَهلِ کُجا هَستید؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
(shomā) ahlé kojā hasteen?	where are you from? (formal)	(شُما) اَهلِ کُجا هَستین؟	How to Talk to People in a Formal Manner, and More on Hosting and Being Hosted
shomā ahlé kojā hasteen?	where are you from? (formal)	شُما اَهلِ کُجا هَستین؟	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
(shomā) asabānee shodeen	You (all) became angry	(شُما) عَصَبانی شُدین	Compound Verbs
(shomā) āshpazee kardeen	you (formal) cooked	(شُما) آشپَزی کَردین	Compound Verbs
shomā az teksās hasteen?	are you from Texas? (formal)	شُما اَز تِکزاس هَستین؟	How to Say Where You Live, and Answer Simple Questions
shomā bāyad khāharé marjān bāsheed	you must be Marjan's sister	شُما بایَد خواهَرِ مَرجان باشید	Meeting New People
shomā bāyad yejooree beeyāyeen ké man bespāramash bé shomā beram saré kār	you have to be here somehow so that I can leave him with you and go to work	شُما بایَد یِجوری بیایین کِه مَن بِسپارَمَش بِه شُما بِرَم سَرِ کار	A Separation, Part 1
(shomā) bāzee kardeen	you (formal) played	(شُما) بازی کَردین	Compound Verbs
shomā bedonyā oomadeen	you (formal) were born	شُما بِه دُنیا اومَدین	Babies

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