Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "نگران" in Farsi?

Say "ne-ga-RAHN" — three syllables, stress on the last, with a light tapped 'r' (not the English r).

نگران /negæˈrɒːn/

negarān

Stress falls on the final syllable, rān, following the regular Persian word-final stress pattern.

Listen: نگران

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Sound it out

نگ the start, 'ne-ga' — short vowels aren't written in Persian script, so this two-letter cluster (ن گ) reads as 'ne-ga', like 'neg' in 'negative' cut short.

ران 'rān', the stressed final syllable — a tapped r (like Spanish/Italian r), the long ā vowel, and a plain n.

Hear it in a sentence

برای شما نگران بودم.

Barāye shomā negarān budam.

I was worried about you.

Listen: برای شما نگران بودم.

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'Barāye shomā negarān budam' means 'I was worried about/for you' — barāye (for/about) introduces the person worried about, and budam (I was) is the simple past of 'to be', presenting the worry as a completed past state.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers often use the English retroflex r; Persian r is a quick tongue-tap (like the tt in American 'butter'), and using the English r sound is a common giveaway of a foreign accent.