Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "نزدیک" in Farsi?

Say "nahz-DEEK", stressing the second syllable, with a long "ee" vowel there.

نزدیک /næzdiːk/

nazdik

Stress falls on the final syllable, -DIK, which has a longer, clearer vowel than the short, unstressed first syllable naz-.

Listen: نزدیک

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Sound it out

نز "n" as in "near" plus "z" as in "zoo", said together with a short vowel, like the start of English "nozzle" without the second syllable.

دی "d" as in "day" plus a long "i" as in "machine" — this is the stressed syllable.

ک A crisp final "k" as in "lock".

Hear it in a sentence

خانه‌ام نزدیک است.

Khāne-am nazdik ast.

My house is near.

Listen: خانه‌ام نزدیک است.

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"Khāne-am nazdik ast" (My house is near) attaches the possessive suffix -am ("my") directly onto khāne ("house"), the same pattern seen earlier with barādar-am ("my brother") — a strong signal that Persian consistently prefers a fused ending over a separate possessive word.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often stress the first syllable out of habit (NAZ-dik); moving the stress to the second syllable, -DIK, is what makes it sound natural rather than like a hesitant, syllable-by-syllable read-out.