Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "شلوار" in Farsi?

Say "shal-VAR", rhyming loosely with 'pal far' — stress on the second syllable.

شلوار [ʃæl.ˈvɒːɾ]

shalvār

Stress lands on the final syllable -vār; keep the first syllable shal- short and unstressed.

Listen: شلوار

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Sound it out

شل ش is 'sh' as in 'shoe'; ل is a clear 'l' as in 'let', followed by a short 'a' vowel like the 'u' in 'cup'.

وار و here is a consonant 'v' as in 'van'; ا is long 'ā' like 'father'; ر is a tapped 'r'.

Hear it in a sentence

این شلوار خیلی راحت است.

In shalvār kheyli rāhat ast.

These pants are very comfortable.

Listen: این شلوار خیلی راحت است.

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In "In shalvār kheyli rāhat ast", ast is the plain present-tense 'to be' (است), placed at the very end since Persian is verb-final. کیلی (kheyli, 'very') sits directly before the adjective راحت, mirroring English intensifier word order rather than the noun-adjective ezafe pattern seen with other words in this set.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often mispronounce the final ر as a full English 'r' or drop it silently the way non-rhotic English drops final 'r' (like 'shalva'); in Persian that final ر must be lightly tapped and clearly heard.