Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "درخت" in Farsi?

"deh-RAKHT" — stress on the second syllable, which ends in the raspy 'kh' sound (like Scottish 'loch').

درخت [deɾˈæxt]

derakht

Stress falls on rakht, the final syllable; de at the start is short and unstressed.

Listen: درخت

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Sound it out

دِ 'de' — like the 'de' in English 'desk', short and unstressed.

رَ 'ra' — a light tapped 'r' plus the short flat 'a' of 'cat'.

خت 'kht' — the raspy 'kh' (as in 'loch') followed directly by a crisp 't', with no vowel between them.

Hear it in a sentence

زیر درخت نشستیم.

Zir-e derakht neshastim.

We sat under the tree.

Listen: زیر درخت نشستیم.

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زیر درخت نشستیم ("We sat under the tree") uses the preposition زیر ("under") followed directly by the noun, and نشستیم ("we sat") as the simple past, first-person plural.

Where English speakers slip

Softening 'kh' into a plain English 'k' is the most common error; a close second is inserting a vowel between kh and t (saying "de-ra-khet") when Persian runs them together as one crisp final cluster.