Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "نوزاد" in Farsi?

Say "no-ZAHD", two syllables, stress on the second, with a long "ah" vowel there.

نوزاد /no.zɑːd/

nozād

Regular final-syllable stress: the emphasis falls on -zād, not on no-.

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Sound it out

نو "n" plus a short "o", as in "no".

زاد "z" plus a long "ah" vowel plus a final "d", forming the stressed syllable "-zād", like "zahd".

Hear it in a sentence

نوزاد در خواب است.

Nozād dar khāb ast.

The baby is asleep.

Listen: نوزاد در خواب است.

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"نوزاد در خواب است" ("The baby is asleep") uses در خواب بودن ("to be asleep", literally "to be in sleep") rather than a single verb equivalent to "sleep" as an adjective, a common Persian pattern of noun + preposition standing in for an English adjective.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often stress the first syllable by habit ("NO-zad"). Keep the stress on the second syllable and make sure the ā is a full long vowel: no-ZĀD, not a short clipped one.