Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "جاده" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce جاده in Farsi?

جاده is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ˈdʒɒːdde/. It means “street, road.” Say "JAHD-deh," with the weight up front on the long "ah" and a held, doubled "d" sound before the final "eh."

Say "JAHD-deh," with the weight up front on the long "ah" and a held, doubled "d" sound before the final "eh."

جاده /ˈdʒɒːdde/

jādde

Unusually for a Persian noun, the stress leans onto the first syllable here because of the heavy, doubled consonant دّ (dd) — hold that d a beat longer than a single d, almost like saying "jād" then "de" as two connected pieces.

Listen: جاده

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Sound it out

ج j, like English "j" in "jam."

اد ād, the long open "ah" of "father" plus a "d" that's held slightly longer than usual, marking the doubled consonant.

ه e, a short closing "eh" vowel — the final ه here is just a vowel marker, not a pronounced h.

Hear it in a sentence

این جاده به شهر می‌رود.

In jādde be shahr miravad.

This road goes to the city.

Listen: این جاده به شهر می‌رود.

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"این جاده به شهر می‌رود" (In jādde be shahr miravad) treats جاده itself as the grammatical subject of می‌رود ("goes"), personifying the road the same way English does in "this road goes to the city" — a natural parallel between the two languages here.

Where English speakers slip

Because the doubled د doesn't show up distinctly in casual romanization, learners often pronounce جاده with a single quick d, making it sound closer to "jāde" than "jādde." Try holding that d slightly longer than normal to capture the geminate consonant, and lean the emphasis toward the first syllable rather than the last.