Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "ستاره" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce ستاره in Farsi?

ستاره is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written [setɒːre]. It means “star.” Say 'se-TAH-reh' — three syllables with the stress on the long, open middle syllable.

Say 'se-TAH-reh' — three syllables with the stress on the long, open middle syllable.

ستاره [setɒːre]

setāre

Stress falls on the middle syllable, -tā-; the final ره is light but still a fully voiced syllable, not silent.

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Sound it out

س Pronounced 'se' — an English 's' plus a short 'eh' as in 'bed'.

تا Pronounced 'tā' — a hard 't' plus the long open 'ah' of 'father'; this carries the stress.

ره Pronounced 're' — a light tapped 'r' plus a short 'eh', fully voiced at the end.

Hear it in a sentence

امشب آسمان پر از ستاره است.

Emshab āsemān por az setāre ast.

Tonight the sky is full of stars.

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Emshab āsemān por az setāre ast. — 'Tonight the sky is full of stars.' Por az ('full of') is a fixed phrase pairing the adjective por ('full') with the preposition az ('of/from'); setāre stays in its bare singular form even though the meaning is plural stars, the same pattern seen earlier with māhi and gāv.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often stress the first syllable by analogy with English 'STAR', but Persian stresses the middle syllable, se-TĀ-re. Also don't drop the final -e — it's a real, pronounced vowel that completes the word.