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شیرینی جات و دسرها

چای chāy ‘black tea’	قهوه qahve ‘coffee’	شکر shekar ‘sugar’	قند qand sugar cube’
آب āb ‘water’	نوشابه nūshābe ‘soft drink’	آب نبات ābnabāt ‘hard candy’	شکلات shokolāt ‘chocolate’
مربّا morabbā ‘jam’	بستنی bastanī ‘ice cream’	ژله zhele ‘jello’	آب نبات چوبی ābnabātchūbī ‘lollipop’
کیک keyk ‘cake’	کیک یزدی keyk-e yazdī ‘muffin’	بیسکویت bīskūīt ‘cookie, biscuit’	دونات donāt ‘donut’

NOTES: The word نوشابه means ‘drink’ in general. Soft drink and soda is sometimes referred to as نوشابهٔ غیرالکلی nūshābe-ye gheyr-e alkoli ‘non-alcoholic drink.’ The Persian keyk-e yazdi is originally from the city of Yazd; but it is baked in other areas as well. It is the Persian version of the western “muffin.”