Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "دولت" in Farsi?

Say "do-LAT", stress on the second syllable, with a short "a" like in "cat" at the end.

دولت /do.læt/

dolat

Regular final-syllable stress, on -lat.

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Sound it out

دو "d" plus a short "o" (as in "dote" cut short), forming the unstressed first syllable — don't confuse it with دو meaning "two", which uses the same letters but is a separate, unrelated word.

لت "l" plus a short "a" (as in "cat") plus "t", forming the stressed final syllable.

Hear it in a sentence

دولت قانون جدیدی وضع کرد.

Dolat ghānun-e jadidi vaz' kard.

The government enacted a new law.

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"دولت قانون جدیدی وضع کرد" ("The government enacted a new law") uses the compound verb وضع کردن ("to enact/establish", literally "to put in place"), a more formal register verb typical of news and legal Persian, paired with the indefinite -i on جدید as seen earlier with کار.

Where English speakers slip

Learners sometimes confuse this with دو ("two") or misplace stress on the first syllable. Keep the stress on the second syllable and give the final vowel a short, crisp "a" as in "cat", not a long "ah".