Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "مرخصی" in Farsi?

Say "mor-kha-SEE" — three syllables, stress on the last, with a raspy 'kh' in the middle syllable.

مرخصی /morxæˈsi/

morkhasi

Stress falls on the final syllable, si; don't let the raspy kh in the middle syllable pull attention away from the true stress at the end.

Listen: مرخصی

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Sound it out

مر 'mor', a plain m plus a light tapped r and short o.

خ 'kha', the raspy back-of-throat 'kh' plus a short a — the second syllable.

صی 'si', the stressed final syllable — ص is pronounced as a plain s (identical to س in Persian), ی as a long 'i' ('ee').

Hear it in a sentence

هفته‌ی آینده مرخصی می‌گیرم.

Hafte-ye āyande morkhasi migiram.

Next week I'm taking a vacation.

Listen: هفته‌ی آینده مرخصی می‌گیرم.

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'Hafte-ye āyande morkhasi migiram' means 'Next week I'm taking a vacation' — hafte-ye āyande ('week-ezafe next') again uses the ezafe, and morkhasi gereftan ('to take a leave') is the compound verb for going on vacation, here in the present tense migiram.

Where English speakers slip

The kh in the middle syllable is often softened to a plain English 'h' by learners; it needs the same raspy throat friction as in moftakhar, not a gentle breathy h.