Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "مهمانی" in Farsi?

Say 'meh-mah-NEE' — three even syllables with the stress on the last, long 'ee'.

مهمانی [mehmɒːniː]

mehmāni

Stress falls on the final syllable -ni; the middle syllable carries the word's long open 'ā' but not the primary stress.

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Sound it out

مه Pronounced 'meh' — an English 'm' plus a short 'eh' as in 'bed'.

ما Pronounced 'mā' — an English 'm' plus the long open 'ah' of 'father'.

نی Pronounced 'ni' — an English 'n' plus a long 'ee', carrying the stress.

Hear it in a sentence

شنبه مهمانی داریم.

Shanbe mehmāni dārim.

We have a party on Saturday.

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Shanbe mehmāni dārim. — 'We have a party on Saturday.' Shanbe ('Saturday') sits at the front of the sentence as a time expression with no preposition needed, unlike English 'on Saturday'; dārim ('we have') is the plain present-tense verb 'to have', conjugated for 'we'.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often confuse مهمانی (mehmāni, 'party') with the related word مهمان (mehmān, 'guest') and drop the final -i, or misplace the stress on the middle syllable. Keep all three syllables distinct and put the stress squarely on the final -ni.