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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
zaboon	tongue	زَبون	Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint)
zadan	to beat, bite, hit, play (an instrument), strike	زَدَن	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 5
zafarān	saffron	زَعفَران	Persian Food
zafaroon	saffron	زَعفَرون	Persian Food
zāhed	ascetic	زاهِد	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
zahmat	trouble, inconvenience	زَحمَت	Giving Thanks
zahmatee neest	it's no trouble	زَحمَتی نیست	Introducing "Tārof"
zahmat kam koneem	let's lift the burden	زَحمَت کَم کُنیم	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
zahmat nakesh	don't go through trouble	زَحمَت نَکِش	Introducing "Tārof", Navigating 'Tārof' in Different Social Situations
zamān	zamān	زَمان	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
zamān	time, epoch, period, age, season	زَمان	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
zamānee	sometime	زَمانی	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
zameen	earth, estate, ground, land, soil	زَمین	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 6
zameen	land, ground, floor	زَمین	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
zameen	floor	زَمین	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
zameen-rā bolandee nabod jāyegāh	the Earth did not have a lofty position	زَمین را بُلَندی نَبُد جایِگاه	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 3
zameen-rā chō daryāyé jooshandé deed	he saw the ground like a boiling sea	زَمین را چُو دَریایِ جوشَندِه دید	Shahnameh, Part 2
zameen shod bé kerdāré roshan cherāgh	the Earth became, in demeanor, a bright, shining light	زَمین شُد بِه کِردارِ رُوشَن چِراغ	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 3
zan	thoughts	ظَن	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 4
zan	woman	زَن	beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 2

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