Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "اتاق" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce اتاق in Farsi?

اتاق is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /oˈtɒːɣ/. It means “room.” Say "oh-TAHGH," with a short "oh" first and a longer, open second syllable ending in the throaty "gh" sound.

Say "oh-TAHGH," with a short "oh" first and a longer, open second syllable ending in the throaty "gh" sound.

اتاق /oˈtɒːɣ/

otāgh

Stress falls on the final syllable -tāgh; that final gh is a soft, gargled sound, not a hard English "g."

Listen: اتاق

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Sound it out

ا o, a short, rounded "oh" vowel — this plain alef needs a vowel sound supplied by the reader, and here it's a short o rather than a long ā.

تا tā, a plain "t" plus the long open "ah" of "father."

ق gh, the same soft, gargled throat sound as in قهوه (ghahve) — a voiced, buzzy friction from the back of the throat, not a hard "g" or "k."

Hear it in a sentence

اتاق من کوچک است.

Otāgh-e man kuchak ast.

My room is small.

Listen: اتاق من کوچک است.

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"اتاق من کوچک است" (Otāgh-e man kuchak ast) links اتاق to من ("I/me") with the ezafe -e to mean "my room," then closes with کوچک است ("is small") — again verb-final, so "small" comes right before "is" rather than "room is small" in a different order.

Where English speakers slip

Learners commonly turn the final ق into a hard English "g" (as in "otahg") or drop it almost entirely. It should stay a soft, buzzing throat sound, similar to the gh in قهوه — worth practicing the two words together since they share this same tricky letter.