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Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "چتر" in Farsi?

Say "chatr", rhyming with 'flat' plus a quick 'r' — one syllable, with the 'tr' cluster kept tight, like 'trap' said fast.

چتر [tʃætɾ]

chatr

Single syllable; the challenge is running ت and ر together with no vowel breaking them up, unlike English habits.

Listen: چتر

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Sound it out

چ چ is 'ch' as in 'chip', with a short 'a' vowel like 'cup' after it.
تر ت is an unaspirated 't' immediately followed by ر, a light tapped 'r' — the two blend into a quick 'tr' cluster with no vowel between them.

Hear it in a sentence

چترتان را بردارید.

Chatr-etān rā bardārid.

Take your umbrella.

Listen: چترتان را بردارید.

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"Chatr-etān rā bardārid" uses the formal possessive -etān ('your') and the formal imperative بردارید ('take/pick up', from برداشتن), continuing the polite register seen with خودکار — a natural pairing since both are requests involving picking up or handing over an object.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers tend to insert a small vowel between ت and ر (making it sound like 'cha-tər'), but in Persian these two consonants run together directly with no vowel breaking them up, so it should stay a crisp one-syllable word.