Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "نوشیدن" in Farsi?

Say noo-shee-DAN, three syllables, both vowels long as in 'moon' and 'see', stress on the last syllable.

نوشیدن /nuːʃiːˈdæn/

nushidan

As an infinitive, nushidan stresses its final syllable -dan.

Listen: نوشیدن

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Sound it out

نو 'nu' — plain n plus a long u like 'moon'.

شی 'shi' — sh as in 'shoe' plus a long ee like 'see'.

دن 'dan', stressed, plain d plus short a.

Hear it in a sentence

او چای می‌نوشد.

U chāy minushad.

He/She drinks tea.

Listen: او چای می‌نوشد.

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'او چای می‌نوشد' (u chāy minushad, 'He/she drinks tea') stresses MI- in minushad. Nushidan is the more formal, written verb for 'to drink' — everyday spoken Persian very often substitutes khordan instead (chāy mikhorad), so nushidan can sound a touch bookish in casual conversation.

Where English speakers slip

Learners who memorize nushidan as 'the' verb for drink may overuse it in casual speech where native speakers would more naturally say khordan (chāy mikhoram, not chāy minusham) — nushidan isn't wrong, just slightly formal.