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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
doost	friend	دوست	Meeting New People
doost dāram	I like	دوست دارَم	How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes
doost dāram footbāl bāzee bokonam	I like to play football	دوست دارَم فوتبال بازی بُکُنَم	How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes
doost dāram geetār bezanam	I like to play guitar	دوست دارَم گیتار بِزَنَم	How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes
doost dāram piāno bezanam	I like to play piano	دوست دارَم پیانُو بِزَنَم	How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes
doost dāram zabān yād begeeram	I like to learn languages	دوست دارَم زَبان یاد بِگیرَم	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
doost dāshtan	liking/loving	دوست داشتَن	Emotion (Vocabulary Sprint)
doost dokhtar	girlfriend	دوست دختر	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
doostee	friendship	دوستی	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
doosté sameemee	intimate friend	دوست صمیمی	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 4
doost pesar	boyfriend	دوست پسر	Families (Vocabulary Sprint)
dō paré tō faré kolāhé man-ast"	your two wings are the splendor of my crown"	دُو پَرِّ تُو فَرِّ کُلاهِ مَنَست	Shahnameh, Part 4
dō pesar	two sons	دُو پِسَر	How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
dor	age, circumference, cycle, era, period, revolution, time, turn	دُور	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3
dorān	ages, circumferences, cycles, eras, periods, revolutions, times, turns	دُوران	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3
dorāné ālam	cycles of the world, revolutions, the world's cycles	دُورانِ عالَم	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 4
doré gardoon	cycle of heaven, turn of heaven	دُورِ گَردون	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3
doré gardoon gar dō roozee bar morādé mā naraft	should the heavens not turn in our favor for a couple of days	دُورِ گَردون گَر دُو روزی بَر مُرادِ ما نَرَفت	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Intro
dorood!	hi! greetings!	دُرود	How to Greet People at Different Times of Day, Say Goodbye, and Introduce Yourself
dō roozee	a couple of days, two days	دُو روزی	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3

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