Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "دنیا" in Farsi?

Say "don-YAH", stress on the second syllable, with a clear "y" glide and long "ah" at the end.

دنیا /don.jɑː/

donyā

Regular final-syllable stress, landing on the long -yā.

Listen: دنیا

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Sound it out

دن "d" plus a short "o" (as in "don") plus "n", forming the unstressed first syllable.

یا A "y" glide plus a long "ah" vowel, forming the stressed final syllable, like "yah".

Hear it in a sentence

دنیا خیلی بزرگ است.

Donyā kheyli bozorg ast.

The world is very big.

Listen: دنیا خیلی بزرگ است.

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"دنیا خیلی بزرگ است" ("The world is very big") places خیلی ("very") directly before the adjective بزرگ, exactly where English would put "very" — one of the more English-like word orders in Persian, unlike the noun-final possessive patterns seen elsewhere in this set.

Where English speakers slip

Learners sometimes merge the two syllables into something like "DOH-nya" with the stress up front. Keep both syllables distinct and put the stronger stress on the second: don-YĀ.