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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
delé man	my heart	دِلِ مَن	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
delé pahlevān az gham āzād shod	the hero's heart broke free of sorrow	دِلِ پَهلِوان اَز غَم آزاد شُد	Shahnameh, Part 5
delé pahlevān, dasté shamsheer jooy	heart of a hero, a sword-seeking hand	دِلِ پَهلِوان، دَستِ شَمشیر جوی	Shahnameh, Part 5
delé sām shod chon beheshté bareen	Sam's heart warmed upon seeing this ('became like heaven on this')	دِلِ سام شُد چُون بِهِشتِ بَرین	Shahnameh, Part 5
del ō deedé shosté zé sharmé khodāy	heart and eyes washed clear of the shame of God	دِل و دیدِه شُستِه زِ شَرمِ خُدای	Shahnameh, Part 3
deltang-am	I miss, I am nostalgic	دِلتَنگَم	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
deltang-am	I am heavy-hearted	دِلتَنگَم	The verb ‘To Be’
deltang-an	They are heavy-hearted	دِلتَنگَن	The verb ‘To Be’
deltang boodan	to be heavy-hearted	دِلتَنگ بودَن	The Simple Past Tense
deltang-é	He/she is heavy-hearted	دِلتَنگِه	The verb ‘To Be’
deltang-ee	You are heavy-hearted (informal)	دِلتَنگی	The verb ‘To Be’
deltang-eem	We are heavy-hearted	دِلتَنگیم	The verb ‘To Be’
deltang-een	You are heavy-hearted (formal)	دِلتَنگین	The verb ‘To Be’
derakhsheedan	glowing	درخشیدن	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
derakhsheedané oryāneemān	the glowing of our nakedness	درخشیدن عریانی‌مان	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
derakht zeeyād dāreem, va dō tā	We have lots of trees, and we have two	دِرَخت زیاد داریم، وَ دوتا	A Dialogue between Leyla and Her Uncle Ahmad
deravad	that he/she/it reaps	دِرَوَد	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
derāz	long	دِراز	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 2
desser	dessert	دِسِر	How to Talk More About Food and Specific Persian Meals
deveest	200	دِویست	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons

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