Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "کامپیوتر" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce کامپیوتر in Farsi?

کامپیوتر is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written [kɒːm.pju.ˈteɾ]. It means “computer.” Say "kahm-pyoo-TEHR", four English sounds compressed into three Persian syllables, with stress on the last one.

Say "kahm-pyoo-TEHR", four English sounds compressed into three Persian syllables, with stress on the last one.

کامپیوتر [kɒːm.pju.ˈteɾ]

kāmpyuter

As a loanword reshaped into Persian, stress falls on the final syllable -ter, following the general Persian noun pattern rather than the original English stress.

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Sound it out

کام ک is a hard 'k'; ا is long 'ā' like 'father'; م is 'm' — together 'kām' rhymes with English 'calm'.

پیو پ is 'p'; یو glides together as 'yu', like the 'you' in 'university'.

تر ت is an unaspirated 't'; ر is a light tapped 'r', giving 'ter'.

Hear it in a sentence

روی کامپیوتر کار می‌کنم.

Ruye kāmpyuter kār mikonam.

I work on the computer.

Listen: روی کامپیوتر کار می‌کنم.

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"Ruye kāmpyuter kār mikonam" uses روی (ruye, 'on top of') as a preposition derived from رو ('face/surface'), and کار می‌کنم (literally 'I do work') is the standard Persian way to say 'I work', using the light-verb construction کار کردن rather than a single dedicated verb.

Where English speakers slip

As a borrowed word, learners often just say the English 'computer' with English stress and vowel sounds; Iranian Persian reshapes it with Persian vowels and a light tapped 'r' instead of an English 'r', so it sounds noticeably different from the English original.