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Farsi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "گاو" in Farsi?
Say 'gahv' — a hard 'g', a long open 'ah', and a soft 'v' to close it, all in one syllable.
gāv
A one-syllable word; the whole weight of the word sits on its single long 'ā' vowel.
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در مزرعه گاو داریم.
Dar mazra'e gāv dārim.
We have cows on the farm.
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Dar mazra'e gāv dārim. — 'We have cows on the farm.' Mazra'e ('farm') is preceded by dar ('in/on') and, as with māhi above, gāv stays in its bare singular form even though the English translation is plural — Persian generic/plural statements about animals or goods often leave the noun unmarked for number.
Where English speakers slip
Because و can represent either the vowel 'oo' or the consonant 'v' depending on the word, learners sometimes misread گاو as ending in an 'oo' sound ('gā-oo'). Here it's a consonant: the word ends crisply on a 'v', rhyming with English 'suave' minus the 's'.