Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "باران" in Farsi?

"bah-RAHN" — two long 'ah' vowels, with the stress landing on the second one.

باران [bɑːˈɾɑːn]

bārān

Stress falls on the final syllable rān; don't let the first syllable bā pull the emphasis.

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Sound it out

با 'bā' — English 'b' plus the long 'ah' vowel of 'father'.

ران 'rān' — a light, tapped 'r' (like a single flick of the tongue, as in Spanish or Italian) followed by the same long 'ah' and an 'n'.

Hear it in a sentence

امروز باران می‌بارد.

Emruz bārān mibārad.

It's raining today.

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امروز باران می‌بارد ("It's raining today") uses می‌بارد, the present-tense form of باریدن ("to rain/fall"), built from the prefix می- plus the verb stem بار-. امروز ("today") is another ام- compound like امشب, placed at the front as the time setter.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers tend to use the retroflex English 'r' instead of a light tongue tap, and often flatten both vowels equally instead of stressing the second syllable — both syllables should be long, but only rān carries the stress.