Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "دست" in Farsi?

"dast" — close to English "dust" but with a flatter 'a', similar to the vowel in 'cat'.

دست [dæst]

dast

One syllable; the consonant cluster -st at the end is pronounced crisply together, as in English 'past'.

Listen: دست

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Sound it out

دَ 'da' — 'd' plus the short flat 'a' of 'cat'.

ست 'st' — 's' and 't' pronounced together as one crisp cluster, same as the end of English 'fast'.

Hear it in a sentence

دست‌هایتان را بشویید.

Dast-hā-yetān rā beshuyid.

Wash your hands.

Listen: دست‌هایتان را بشویید.

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دست‌هایتان را بشویید ("Wash your hands") stacks the plural suffix -hā onto دست and then the possessive -etān ("your," formal/plural), with را marking دست‌هایتان as the direct object before the imperative verb بشویید ("wash," formal command).

Where English speakers slip

Rounding the vowel toward English "dust" is the main trap — Persian دست keeps the vowel flat and short, like the 'a' in 'cat', never the rounded 'u' of English 'dust'.