Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "فرودگاه" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce فرودگاه in Farsi?

فرودگاه is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /foɾudˈɡɒːh/. It means “airport.” Say "fo-rood-GAH," with a rolled/tapped r in the middle and stress on the final syllable, which ends in a light breathy "h."

Say "fo-rood-GAH," with a rolled/tapped r in the middle and stress on the final syllable, which ends in a light breathy "h."

فرودگاه /foɾudˈɡɒːh/

forudgāh

Stress falls on the final syllable -gāh; this word is a compound of forud ("landing/descent") + gāh ("place"), literally "landing place," which is why it's built from two clear chunks.

Listen: فرودگاه

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Sound it out

فرو foru, "f" plus a quick "oh" and a rounded "oo," said together like "foh-roo" run into one breath.

د d, a plain "d" as in English "day," closing off the first half of the compound (forud, "landing").

گاه gāh, a hard "g" plus the long open "ah" of "father," ending in a soft, audible "h" breath — this whole chunk means "place."

Hear it in a sentence

فردا به فرودگاه می‌روم.

Fardā be forudgāh miravam.

Tomorrow I'm going to the airport.

Listen: فردا به فرودگاه می‌روم.

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"فردا به فرودگاه می‌روم" (Fardā be forudgāh miravam) puts the time word فردا ("tomorrow") first, then به ("to") plus the destination, and the verb می‌روم ("I'm going / I go") last — standard Persian time-place-verb order, contrasting with English's "I'm going to the airport tomorrow."

Where English speakers slip

Learners often drop the final h entirely, saying something like "forudgah" with a silent last letter as English spelling habits would suggest. In Persian that ه at the end is a real, gently audible consonant, so let a soft breath of h escape after the ā.