Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "سبک" in Farsi?

Say "sa-BOKE" with two short, crisp syllables and the stress on the second one.

سبک /sæbok/

sabok

Stress falls on the final syllable, -BOK; both vowels are short, so avoid drawing either one out the way English "soap" or "buck" would tempt you to.

Listen: سبک

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Sound it out

سـ An "s" as in "sun", followed by a short "a" like the vowel in "cup".

بـ A "b" as in "boy".

ک A short "o" (as in British "hot") plus a crisp final "k" as in "lock" — the whole syllable is short and clipped, not a long English "oke" sound.

Hear it in a sentence

این کیف سبک است.

In kif sabok ast.

This bag is light.

Listen: این کیف سبک است.

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"In kif sabok ast" (This bag is light) uses kif, a general word for bag/purse; note that sabok specifically means "light in weight", as opposed to "light" meaning illumination — a common false-friend point of confusion for English speakers picking two different meanings of one English word.

Where English speakers slip

Because sabok is spelled and pronounced close to the unrelated word sobh ("morning") in casual speech, and both are common early-lesson words, learners sometimes mix up their vowels; keep sabok's two short a/o vowels distinct and crisp to avoid the mix-up.