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The Rosetta Stone Sakineh is a popular name. Means quietude. Also, feminine. Saket ‘o Samet is a compliment paid to young women, scoring them marriage points. Meaning: silent and mute. Saleeteh is an insult reserved only for women. Means: one who bothers men; a shrew. Bakereh is a girl with an “unstained skirt,” a “Miss” as in a girl not yet married. A female virgin. And Bakereh-shenasi is a specialty. Means parthenology, a word not found in most English dictionaries. 45 ...

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