Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "دریاچه" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce دریاچه in Farsi?

دریاچه is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written [dærjɒːtʃe]. It means “lake.” Say 'dar-YAH-cheh' — three syllables with the stress on the middle, long-'ah' syllable.

Say 'dar-YAH-cheh' — three syllables with the stress on the middle, long-'ah' syllable.

دریاچه [dærjɒːtʃe]

daryāche

Stress falls on the middle syllable -yā-; the compound is built from daryā ('sea') plus the diminutive suffix -che, so it literally means 'little sea'.

Listen: دریاچه

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Sound it out

در Pronounced 'dar' — an English 'd' plus a short vowel and a light tapped 'r'.

یا Pronounced 'yā' — an English 'y' glide plus the long open 'ah' of 'father'; this carries the stress.

چه Pronounced 'che' — an English 'ch' as in 'chess' plus a short 'eh', fully voiced.

Hear it in a sentence

دریاچه خیلی آرام است.

Daryāche kheyli ārām ast.

The lake is very calm.

Listen: دریاچه خیلی آرام است.

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Daryāche kheyli ārām ast. — 'The lake is very calm.' Kheyli ('very') precedes the adjective ārām ('calm') just as in English word order, and ast closes the sentence as the simple 'is'; there's no separate copula needed anywhere else in the clause.

Where English speakers slip

Because daryāche is built from daryā ('sea') plus a diminutive ending, learners sometimes mispronounce it as if it meant 'sea' and skip or garble the final -che. Make sure the final چه syllable is clear and distinct — it's what turns 'sea' into 'lake'.