Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "ماه" in Farsi?

Rhymes with English "ma" plus a breathy "h" at the end — say "MAH-h" as one syllable, like "Utah" without the -tah.

ماه [mɑːh]

māh

Only one syllable, so there's no stress contrast — just make sure the vowel is long and the final 'h' is audibly breathed, not dropped.

Listen: ماه

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Sound it out

م Just like English 'm'.

ا A long, open 'ā' vowel like the 'a' in English 'father', held a bit longer than an English vowel.

ه A plain, breathy 'h' as in English 'hat' — don't let it disappear at the end of the word.

Hear it in a sentence

امشب ماه خیلی روشن است.

Emshab māh kheyli roshan ast.

Tonight the moon is very bright.

Listen: امشب ماه خیلی روشن است.

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امشب ماه خیلی روشن است ("Tonight the moon is very bright") opens with امشب, a compound of ام- and شب ("night") meaning "tonight," placed first as a time-setting adverb. خیلی ("very") intensifies روشن ("bright"), and است ("is") closes the sentence, showing Persian's verb-final word order.

Where English speakers slip

The biggest mistake is dropping the final ه so the word sounds like just "mā." A second common slip is confusing ماه with مه (meh, "fog/mist") — very different words that look deceptively similar in Latin script.