Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "پرواز" in Farsi?

Say "par-VAHZ" — two syllables, stress on the second, with a long, open 'ā' vowel.

پرواز /pærˈvɒːz/

parvāz

Stress falls on the final syllable, vāz.

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Sound it out

پر 'par', an unstressed first syllable — پ is a plain, unvoiced English p (distinct from ب/b), plus a tapped r.

واز 'vāz', the stressed final syllable — v as in English 'van', plus the long ā vowel and a plain z.

Hear it in a sentence

پرواز ما تأخیر دارد.

Parvāz-e mā ta'khir dārad.

Our flight is delayed.

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'Parvāz-e mā ta'khir dārad' means 'Our flight is delayed' — parvāz-e mā ('flight-ezafe our') uses the ezafe with the pronoun mā ('our/us'), and ta'khir dāshtan ('to have delay') is the compound verb meaning 'to be delayed'.

Where English speakers slip

Keeping پ and ب distinct matters here — parvāz starts with پ (p), not ب (b); mispronouncing it as 'barvāz' turns it into a nonsense word and can confuse a Persian listener.