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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
yé rooz deevooné boodam	there was a time I was young and wild	یِه روز دیوونِه بودَم	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
yé zahmatee bekesheen	do me a favor	یِه زَحمَتی بِکِشین	A Separation, Part 4
yoosof	Joseph	یوسُف	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2
yoosofé gom gashté bāz āyad bé kan'ān, gham makhor!	the lost Joseph will again return to Canaan; grieve not!	یوسُفِ گُم گَشتِه باز آیَد بِه کَنعان، غَم مَخُور	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Intro
zabān bargoshādand baré pahlevān	opened their tongues to the hero	زَبان بَرگُشادَند بَرِ پَهلِوان	Shahnameh, Part 3
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	time, epoch, period, age, season	زَمان	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
zamān	zamān	زَمان	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
zamānee	sometime	زَمانی	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
zameen	land, ground, floor	زَمین	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
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	floor	زَمین	House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)

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