Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "دو" in Farsi?

Say "doh" with a short, pure 'o' sound (like the vowel in 'go' but clipped, not drawn out into 'oh-oo').

دو /do/

do

One syllable — no stress contrast to worry about.

Listen: دو

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Sound it out

د The consonant 'd', identical to English 'd'.

و Here و represents the long vowel 'o', like the vowel in English 'go' but shorter and without the English glide into 'oo'.

Hear it in a sentence

او دو خواهر دارد.

U do khāhar dārad.

He/She has two sisters.

Listen: او دو خواهر دارد.

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"U do khāhar dārad" (He/She has two sisters) uses the gender-neutral pronoun "u," which covers both "he" and "she" — Persian pronouns don't mark gender. As with numbers generally, khāhar ("sister") stays singular after do.

Where English speakers slip

English "do" is pronounced /duː/, like "doo." Persian دو is a shorter, purer /o/ — don't let the English spelling pull your pronunciation toward "doo."