Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "در" in Farsi?

Say "dar," rhyming with English "dark" minus the k — a short, flat "a" like in "cat," plus a light tapped r.

در /dæɾ/

dar

One syllable; note the tapped r is quick and light, closer to a Spanish single "r" than the American English r.

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Sound it out

د d, like English "d" in "day."

ر r, a quick single tap of the tongue against the roof of the mouth (like the r in Spanish "pero"), carrying a short flat "a" vowel — together sounding like "ar" in "cat" plus a light r-flap.

Hear it in a sentence

لطفاً در را ببندید.

Lotfan dar rā bebandid.

Please close the door.

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"لطفاً در را ببندید" (Lotfan dar rā bebandid) is a polite command: لطفاً softens it to "please," در را marks "the door" as the object, and ببندید is the polite imperative "close" (the -id ending is the formal/plural "you" form used for politeness even to one person).

Where English speakers slip

English speakers tend to substitute their own retroflex "r" glide, which makes the word sound closer to English "dur" or drags out the vowel. Keep the r a single quick tap and the vowel short and flat, like the "a" in "cat," not the long English "ar" in "dark."