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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
goftan	to say	گُفتَن	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4
goftāré neek	good speech	گُفتارِ نیک	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 3
gofteen ké, magé nagofteen meeyām har rooz...?	you said, didn't you say you'd come every day…?	گُفتین کِه، مَگِه نَگُفتین می‌آم هَر روز…؟	A Separation, Part 2
goft een parvāné dar kār-ast ō bas	the pundit/sage said (exclaimed), “this moth is the only one	گُفت این پَروانِه دَر کارَست و بَس	Parable of the Moths, Part 4
goft oo-rā neest az sham’ āgahee	said: this moth does not have (a true) understanding/awareness of the candle	گُفت او را نیست اَز شَمع آگَهی	Parable of the Moths, Part 2
gohar-hā yek andar degar sākhté	each element joining with the next, interweaving	گُهر‌ها یِک اَندَر دِگَر ساختِه	Shahnameh, On the Creation of the World, Part 2
gol	flower	گُل	Talking with a Neighbor
gol	flower, rose	گُل	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 3
gol	flower	گُل	The Etiquette of Being Hosted
gol	flower	گُل	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 3
gol	flower, rose	گُل	sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love): Nezami Ganjavi's sokhanee chand dar eshgh (A Few Words on Love) Part 5
golestān	rose garden	گُلِستان	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2
golestāné	field of flowers	گلستانه	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
golf	golf	گُلف	Sports (Vocabulary Sprint)
gol ō javooné boodam	was full of flowers and buds	گُل و جَوونِه بودَم	meegan ké jangé jangé: Monir Taha's meegan ké jangé jangé Intro
golzār	meadow	گُلزار	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 4
gom	invisible, lost, missing	گُم	yoosofé gom gashté: Hafez's yoosofé gom gashté Part 2
gonāh	sin, wrongdoing	گُناه	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon Part 2
goo	tell!	گو	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 4
gooré bābāyé khārej!	fuck going abroad!	گورِ بابایِ خارِج!	A Separation, Part 5

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