Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "پهن" in Farsi?

One syllable: "pahn", with a clearly audible "h" breath in the middle before the final "n" — don't merge it into a simple "pan".

پهن /pæhn/

pahn

As a single syllable there's no stress choice to make, but the internal ه must be pronounced as a distinct "h" sound, keeping the word from collapsing into the unrelated word pan.

Listen: پهن

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Sound it out

پـ A "p" as in "pot" — note Persian پ is a true p, distinct from ب ("b").

هـ A clear "h" sound in the middle of the word, like the h in "ahead", not silent as English mid-word h's often are.

ن A final "n" as in "pan", said crisply right after the h.

Hear it in a sentence

این جاده پهن است.

In jādde pahn ast.

This road is wide.

Listen: این جاده پهن است.

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"In jādde pahn ast" (This road is wide) again follows the this + noun + adjective + ast pattern; jādde ("road") takes a doubled d in spelling reflecting its Arabic-style root, but it's pronounced as one long, held "d" sound rather than two separate d's.

Where English speakers slip

The biggest trap is skipping the middle ه entirely and saying something closer to English "pan"; that h has to be voiced as a light breath, otherwise pahn ("wide") can be misheard as an entirely different, unrelated syllable.