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Farsi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "دور" in Farsi?
Say "door" with a long, held "oo" vowel — it sounds almost exactly like the English word "door".
dur
As a single syllable there's no stress placement to worry about, but hold the "u" vowel a beat longer than you would in a quick English word.
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مدرسه از اینجا دور است.
Madrese az injā dur ast.
The school is far from here.
Listen: مدرسه از اینجا دور است.
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"Madrese az injā dur ast" (The school is far from here) introduces az ("from") governing injā ("here"): az injā literally means "from here", and this whole phrase sits between the subject madrese and the closing dur ast, showing how Persian tucks prepositional phrases in before the final adjective-plus-"is".
Where English speakers slip
Because dur is spelled identically in the sense "far" and sounds close to the English word "door", learners sometimes clip the final r too hard, American-style; keeping it a light, brief tap (not a full retroflex r) keeps the word from sounding over-pronounced.