Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "ده" in Farsi?

Say "dah" — like English "duh" but with a real, breathy 'h' at the end, not cut off short.

ده /dæh/

dah

One syllable, so stress placement isn't a factor.

Listen: ده

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Sound it out

د The consonant 'd', same as English 'd'.

ه Here ه is pronounced as an actual 'h' sound at the word's end, not silent — giving "dah," not just "da."

Hear it in a sentence

ده دانش‌آموز در کلاس هستند.

Dah dānesh-āmuz dar kelās hastand.

There are ten students in the class.

Listen: ده دانش‌آموز در کلاس هستند.

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"Dah dānesh-āmuz dar kelās hastand" (There are ten students in the class) uses the plural verb hastand ("they are") to agree with a plural human subject, even though dānesh-āmuz ("student," literally "knowledge-comer") itself stays singular right after the number dah.

Where English speakers slip

Unlike سه (se), where a word-final ه is a silent vowel marker, in ده the ه is genuinely pronounced as a light 'h' — don't drop it and say just "da." Persian's final-ه rules aren't fully consistent across words, so this has to be learned word by word.