Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "ماشین" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce ماشین in Farsi?

ماشین is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /mɒːˈʃin/. It means “car.” Say "mah-SHEEN," with a long open "ah" first and a crisp "ee" on the stressed second syllable — like the English word "machine," which is actually a cousin of this word.

Say "mah-SHEEN," with a long open "ah" first and a crisp "ee" on the stressed second syllable — like the English word "machine," which is actually a cousin of this word.

ماشین /mɒːˈʃin/

māshin

Stress falls on the final syllable -shin, matching the normal Persian pattern, and matching where English "machine" is stressed too.

Listen: ماشین

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Sound it out

ما mā, "m" plus the long open "ah" of "father" — say it as one smooth unit, "mah."

شی shi, "sh" as in "shoe" followed by a crisp "ee" — together, "shee."

ن n, closing the word, exactly like English "n."

Hear it in a sentence

ماشین جدیدی خریدیم.

Māshin-e jadidi kharidim.

We bought a new car.

Listen: ماشین جدیدی خریدیم.

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"ماشین جدیدی خریدیم" (Māshin-e jadidi kharidim) attaches the ezafe -e to ماشین before the adjective جدید ("new"), and then the extra unstressed -i on the end (جدیدی) marks the whole phrase as indefinite, roughly "a new car" rather than "the new car." خریدیم is "we bought," the plural "we" built into the verb ending.

Where English speakers slip

Because this word closely resembles English "machine," learners sometimes borrow the English stress and vowel quality wholesale, which is mostly fine — but they often shorten the first ā to a quick English "uh" (as in "mush-EEN"). Keep that first vowel long and open, like "father," not reduced.