Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "خورشید" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce خورشید in Farsi?

خورشید is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written [xorˈʃiːd]. It means “sun.” Say it like "khor-SHEED," with a raspy "kh" (like clearing your throat lightly, as in Scottish "loch") and stress on the second syllable.

Say it like "khor-SHEED," with a raspy "kh" (like clearing your throat lightly, as in Scottish "loch") and stress on the second syllable.

خورشید [xorˈʃiːd]

khorshid

Stress falls on the final syllable, shid, as is typical for Persian nouns.

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Sound it out

خ A raspy 'kh' sound made at the back of the throat, like Scottish 'loch' or German 'Bach' — not the plain 'k' of English 'khaki'.

ور Sounds like 'or' in English 'more', short and quick.

شید 'sheed' — 'sh' as in English 'she', followed by a long 'ee' vowel and a final 'd'.

Hear it in a sentence

خورشید صبح طلوع می‌کند.

Khorshid sobh tolu' mikonad.

The sun rises in the morning.

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In خورشید صبح طلوع می‌کند ("The sun rises in the morning"), طلوع می‌کند is a light verb construction — طلوع ("rising") plus می‌کند ("does/makes") — a very common Persian pattern for turning an Arabic-origin noun into a verb phrase. صبح ("morning") sits as a time adverb before the verb, and the whole sentence follows Persian's standard subject–time–verb order.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers often soften خ into a plain 'k', losing the raspy friction that distinguishes it from ک. They also tend to stress the first syllable out of habit — remember the emphasis belongs on -shid, not khor-.