Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "کت" in Farsi?

Say "kot", rhyming with English 'coat' but with a short, pure 'o' vowel, not a diphthong.

کت [kot]

kot

Single syllable; the key is keeping the 'o' short and pure rather than gliding into a 'w' sound as in English 'coat'.

Listen: کت

Free browser voice. Hear it read by a real native speaker inside the LingoDrop app.

Sound it out

ک ک is a hard 'k' as in 'kit', paired with a short 'o' vowel like in British 'lot'.

ت ت is a crisp, unaspirated 't' as in 'stop' (not the puffed 't' of English 'top').

Hear it in a sentence

کتم را فراموش کردم.

Kot-am rā farāmush kardam.

I forgot my jacket.

Listen: کتم را فراموش کردم.

Free browser voice. Hear it read by a real native speaker inside the LingoDrop app.

"Kot-am rā farāmush kardam" shows the possessive suffix -am ('my') attached directly to کت, followed by the object marker را marking کتم as the definite direct object of فراموش کردم ('I forgot').

Where English speakers slip

English speakers tend to pronounce کت like the English word 'coat', turning the vowel into an 'oh-oo' glide; in Persian it stays a short, flat 'o' with no glide, and the ت should be unaspirated, not puffed with a burst of air like the 't' in English 'top'.