Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "کشور" in Farsi?

Say "kesh-VAR", stress on the second syllable, rhyming loosely with "bazaar" but with a lighter r.

کشور /keʃ.vær/

keshvar

Regular final-syllable stress, on -var.

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Sound it out

کش A hard "k" plus English "sh" as in "shoe", forming the unstressed first syllable.

ور "v" as in English "van" plus a short "a" and a light tapped r, forming the stressed final syllable.

Hear it in a sentence

ایران کشور من است.

Irān keshvar-e man ast.

Iran is my country.

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"ایران کشور من است" ("Iran is my country") again shows possession built with the suffix -like structure کشور من ("country of-me"), placing the possessor من after the possessed noun, mirroring the earlier مادر/پدر examples of Persian's noun-first possessive order.

Where English speakers slip

Learners sometimes pronounce و as "w" ("kesh-WAR"), influenced by English "war". In Persian و here is a full "v" consonant, as in "van", not a glide like English "w".