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| Persian (phonetic) | English | Script | Appears In |
|---|---|---|---|
| vaseeleyé naghleeyé | transportation | وَسیلِه نَقلیِه | Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint) |
| vasfé oo barghadré fahm āghāz kard | (and) began to describe the candle to the (limited) extent of its own understanding | وَصفِ او بَرقَدرِ فَهم آغاز کَرد | Parable of the Moths, Part 1 |
| vasfé oo barghadré fahm āghāz kard | (and) began to describe the candle to the (limited) extent of its own understanding | وَصفِ او بَرقَدرِ فَهم آغاز کَرد | |
| va shanbé raftam pārk | and Saturday I went to the park | وَ شَنبِه رَفتَم پارک | The Simple Past Tense |
| vasl | joining | وَصلِ | beshnō een nay: Rumi's beshnō een nay Part 3 |
| vatan | fatherland, home country, homeland, mother country, motherland | وَطَن | dobāré meesāzamat vatan: Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan Part 2 |
| vāterpolo | water polo | واتِر پُولُو | Sports (Vocabulary Sprint) |
| va z'ān pas chō jonbandé āmad padeed | then, when the moving (roaming) creatures appeared | وَ زان پَس چُو جُنبَندِه آمَد پَدید | Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4 |
| va z'ān pas zé ārām sardee namood | then the fire calmed, and so coldness appeared | وَ زان پَس زِ آرام سَردی نَمود | Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2 |
| va z'ān zendegee kām jooyad hamee | these are the pleasures/aspirations they seek from that life (they’ve been granted) | وَ زان زِندِگی کام جویَد هَمی | Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 4 |
| vazé haml | birth/labor | وَضعِ حَمل | Babies |
| v'een | and this | وین | yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2 |
| v'een saré shooreedé bāz āyad bé sāmān, gham makhor! | and this disheveled mind will again find respite; grieve not! | وین سَرِ شوریدِه باز آیَد بِه سامان، غَم مَخُور | yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Intro |
| veerāné | ruin | ویرانِه | deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 3 |
| verdat | your incantation, your magic word, your mantra, your spell | وِردَت | yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 6 |
| vō | and | و | rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2 |
| volleybāll | volleyball | والیبال | Sports (Vocabulary Sprint) |
| woman: man ābé bedooné yakh meekhām. | I would like water without ice. | خانُم: مَن آبِ بِدونِ یَخ میخوام. | A Dialogue in a Restaurant |
| yād | memory | یاد | shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2 |
| yādam raft | I forgot | یادَم رَفت | Talking with a Neighbor |