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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
boos	kiss	بوس	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
boos bedé	give me a kiss	بوس بِدِه	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
booseyé tō	your kiss (informal)	بوسه‌ی تو	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 3
booyeè alaf	the smell of grass	بوی علف	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
bordan	to carry, win	بُردَن	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
bordan	winning	بُردَن	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
borghé	a type of hejab	بُرقِع	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
borō	go!	بُرو	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
borō	go!	بُرو	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4
botreeyé sheer	milk bottle	بُطریِ شیر	Babies
bovad	he/she/it is, there is	بُوَد	rendee deedam : Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam Part 2
bovad	there is	بُوَد	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
bowleeng	bowling	بُولینگ	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
bozorg	big	بُزُرگ	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
bozorgtar	bigger	بُزُرگ‌تَر	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
bozorgtareen	biggest	بُزُرگ‌تَرین	How to Describe Things (Includes List of All the Colors)
cārtoon tamāshā meekonam	I watch a cartoon	کارتون تَماشا می‌‌کُنَم	Present Continuous Tense
chāh	well	چاه	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
chahār	4	چَهار	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
chāhārdah	14	چَهاردَه	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons

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