Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "دوازده" in Farsi?

Say "duh-VAHZ-dah" — three syllables, stress on the last one, ending again in "dah" ("ten").

دوازده /dævɒːzˈdæh/

davāzdah

Three syllables; stress falls on the final syllable "-dah," matching the general Persian pattern of final-syllable stress.

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Sound it out

دوا Pronounced "da-vā": a short 'a' plus 'v', then the long 'ā' vowel — not the separate word do ("two") on its own.

ز The consonant 'z', same as English 'z'.

ده Again the word for "ten" (dah) forms the tail end of this compound, just as in yāzdah.

Hear it in a sentence

سال دوازده ماه دارد.

Sāl davāzdah māh dārad.

A year has twelve months.

Listen: سال دوازده ماه دارد.

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"Sāl davāzdah māh dārad" (A year has twelve months) keeps māh ("month") singular after the number, and uses dārad ("has") the same way age and quantity are expressed elsewhere in Persian.

Where English speakers slip

Don't pronounce the front of this word as a clean, separate "do" (two) — in davāzdah it fuses into "da-vāz." Also remember ده ("ten") hiding as the final syllable "-dah" is a pattern that runs through most of the teen numbers.