Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "بزرگ" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce بزرگ in Farsi?

بزرگ is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /boˈzoɾɡ/. It means “big.” Say "boh-ZORG," with the r a quick tap of the tongue (not the English r) and stress on the second syllable.

Say "boh-ZORG," with the r a quick tap of the tongue (not the English r) and stress on the second syllable.

بزرگ /boˈzoɾɡ/

bozorg

Stress falls on the final syllable, ZORG, as is typical for Persian adjectives; don't stretch the first "bo."

Listen: بزرگ

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Sound it out

ب b, exactly like English "b," followed by a short, clipped "o" as in "go" (not written separately).

ز z, as in English "zoo," with another short "o" after it.

ر a light tapped r, like the single r in Spanish "pero" or Italian "caro" — one quick flick of the tongue tip, never the American r.

گ g as in "go," said crisply with no vowel sound trailing after it.

Hear it in a sentence

این خانه بزرگ است.

In khāne bozorg ast.

This house is big.

Listen: این خانه بزرگ است.

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In "In khāne bozorg ast," the adjective bozorg simply follows the noun khāne ("house") and the copula ast ("is") closes the sentence, unlike English where "is" sits in the middle. There's no ezafe link here because bozorg is functioning as the predicate, not modifying the noun directly.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers often turn the ر into a full American r-sound or even skip it; it should be a single light tap, closer to a Spanish or Italian r. Also resist stressing the first syllable the way English does in similar-sounding loanwords — the stress belongs on "-ZORG."