Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "میوه" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce میوه in Farsi?

میوه is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /miˈve/. It means “fruit.” Say "mee-VEH" — a crisp "ee" sound followed by "veh," with slightly more weight on the second syllable.

Say "mee-VEH" — a crisp "ee" sound followed by "veh," with slightly more weight on the second syllable.

میوه /miˈve/

mive

Stress lands on the final syllable -ve, the standard Persian pattern; don't stress the first syllable the way English speakers instinctively might.

Listen: میوه

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Sound it out

م m, exactly like English "m."

ی i, a clean, short "ee" sound as in "see," not the English long diphthong "eye."

و v, like English "v" in "van."

ه e, a short "eh" closing vowel, spelled with a silent-looking ه that's actually just a vowel marker, not an h sound.

Hear it in a sentence

میوه برای سلامتی خوب است.

Mive barāye salāmati khub ast.

Fruit is good for health.

Listen: میوه برای سلامتی خوب است.

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"میوه برای سلامتی خوب است" (Mive barāye salāmati khub ast) uses the preposition برای ("for") before سلامتی ("health"), and the sentence ends with the verb است ("is") — Persian is verb-final, so "good" (خوب) comes right before "is" rather than "fruit is good" word-for-word.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often read the ی as the long English "eye" sound, saying something like "MY-veh." It should stay a short, tight "ee," and remember the letter ی here is a vowel (i), not a consonant y.