Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "بلیط" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce بلیط in Farsi?

بلیط is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /beˈlit/. It means “ticket.” Say "beh-LEET," stressing the second syllable — this is a French loanword (billet), so it may feel half-familiar.

Say "beh-LEET," stressing the second syllable — this is a French loanword (billet), so it may feel half-familiar.

بلیط /beˈlit/

belit

Stress falls on the final syllable -lit; keep both vowels crisp and short rather than drawn out.

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Sound it out

ب be, "b" plus a short "eh" vowel, like the start of English "bet" without the final "t."

لی li, "l" plus a crisp short "ee," like the "lee" in "believe."

ط t, a plain "t" — this letter (tā) sounds identical to the more common ت in everyday Tehrani speech, despite looking different in script.

Hear it in a sentence

بلیط هواپیما را رزرو کردم.

Belit-e havāpeymā rā rezerv kardam.

I booked the plane ticket.

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"بلیط هواپیما را رزرو کردم" (Belit-e havāpeymā rā rezerv kardam) uses the ezafe -e to attach بلیط to هواپیما ("airplane"), giving "airplane ticket," then را marks that whole noun phrase as the object of رزرو کردم, a common two-part (light) verb meaning "to reserve."

Where English speakers slip

Because the word looks close to French "billet" and English "ticket" shares no obvious link, learners sometimes guess an English-style pronunciation like "BEL-it" with stress up front. Keep the stress on the second syllable, -LIT, and the vowels short and clean.