Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "شب" in Farsi?

Say "shab," one syllable, rhyming with "cab."

شب /ʃæb/

shab

A one-syllable word, so no stress placement is needed.

Listen: شب

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Sound it out

ش sh, like the sh in "shop," plus a short, unwritten "a" (like the a in "cab").

ب b, closing the word.

Hear it in a sentence

شب زود می‌خوابم.

Shab zud mikhābam.

I sleep early at night.

Listen: شب زود می‌خوابم.

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"شب زود می‌خوابم" (Shab zud mikhābam) means "I sleep early at night." شب stands alone as a time adverb, needing no preposition — just like صبح ("morning") and عصر ("afternoon").

Where English speakers slip

Don't add "at" before شب; Persian time-of-day words work as bare adverbs. Also keep the vowel short and crisp (like "cab," not "cob" or a long "ah") — a short a, unlike the long ā seen in words like فردا.