Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "پیدا کردن" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce پیدا کردن in Farsi?

پیدا کردن is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /pejˈdɒː ˈkærdæn/. It means “to find.” Say 'pay-DAH KAR-dahn' — peydā means 'found/apparent', kardan is 'to do', together 'to make found' → 'to find'.

Say 'pay-DAH KAR-dahn' — peydā means 'found/apparent', kardan is 'to do', together 'to make found' → 'to find'.

پیدا کردن /pejˈdɒː ˈkærdæn/

peydā kardan

Peydā stresses its second syllable ('-dā'); kardan stresses its first ('kar-') — pey-DĀ KAR-dan, two independent stress peaks.

Listen: پیدا کردن

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Sound it out

پ ی د ا 'peydā' — پ is a crisp, unaspirated 'p'; ی glides like the 'y' in 'yes' into 'ey' (like English 'day'); ا is the long 'ā' of 'father'; stress falls on that final '-dā'.

ک ر د ن 'kardan' — 'kar' like 'car', 'dan' like 'John'; stress on 'KAR'.

Hear it in a sentence

کلید را پیدا کردم.

Kelid rā peydā kardam.

I found the key.

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'کلید را پیدا کردم' (Kelid rā peydā kardam, 'I found the key') is a textbook example of Persian's verb-final word order: kelid ('key') is the definite direct object and gets را right after it, while the verb phrase peydā kardam sits at the very end of the sentence.

Where English speakers slip

Learners sometimes place رā after the whole verb phrase or skip it entirely, since English marks objects with word order rather than a particle — but Persian needs رā glued right onto kelid ('kelid rā'), immediately after the noun it marks, not floating elsewhere in the sentence.