Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "خوردن" in Farsi?

Say khor-DAN, with kh as the raspy back-of-throat sound of Scottish 'loch', and stress on the second syllable.

خوردن /xorˈdæn/

khordan

As an infinitive, khordan stresses its final syllable -dan.

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Sound it out

خ kh, a raspy sound made at the back of the throat, like Scottish 'loch' — not an English 'k' or 'h'.

ور 'or', with a short o like 'got' and a tapped r.

دن 'dan', stressed, plain d plus short a.

Hear it in a sentence

سیب می‌خورم.

Sib mikhoram.

I eat an apple.

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'سیب می‌خورم' (sib mikhoram, 'I eat an apple') shows the plain object سیب with no را because it's an indefinite, generic apple rather than a specific one. Stress in mikhoram falls on MI-.

Where English speakers slip

Learners assume khordan only covers solid food, but everyday spoken Persian regularly uses it for drinking too (chāy mikhoram, 'I drink tea') and even for taking medicine (dāru khordan) — it's a much broader verb than English 'eat'.