Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "ایستگاه" in Farsi?

Say "ist-GAH" — two syllables, stress on the second, ending with a soft, audible breathy 'h'.

ایستگاه /istˈgɒːh/

istgāh

Stress falls on the final syllable, gāh; the initial ist- cluster is pronounced smoothly, similar to English 'east' without over-emphasizing the final t.

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Sound it out

ایست 'ist', an unstressed first syllable meaning 'stand/stop' — a long i (ee) plus s and t, forming a cluster similar to English 'east'.

گاه 'gāh', the stressed final syllable — a hard g, the long ā vowel, and a plain final h (gently breathed out, like English 'h' in 'ahead'), meaning 'place'.

Hear it in a sentence

ایستگاه قطار نزدیک است.

Istgāh-e ghatār nazdik ast.

The train station is close.

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'Istgāh-e ghatār nazdik ast' means 'The train station is close' — istgāh-e ghatār ('station-ezafe train') uses the ezafe to form the compound noun, and nazdik ast ('is close') uses ast, the simple third-person 'is'.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often drop the final ه (h) entirely since word-final h is silent in some languages; in Persian it's a real, gently breathed sound, so gāh should end with an audible soft exhale, not just an open vowel.