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Farsi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "شتر" in Farsi?
Say 'sho-TOR' — a quick opening syllable ('sho' as in 'shore' shortened) followed by a stressed syllable rhyming with English 'tore', but with a light tapped r.
shotor
Stress falls on the second syllable, -tor; both vowels are short, pure 'o' sounds, not the diphthongs of English 'show' or 'tore'.
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در کویر شتر دیدیم.
Dar kavir shotor didim.
We saw camels in the desert.
Listen: در کویر شتر دیدیم.
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Dar kavir shotor didim. — 'We saw camels in the desert.' As with several animal words above, shotor stays singular in form though the sentence describes multiple camels; didim ('we saw') is the simple past of didan, and kavir specifically refers to Iran's characteristic salt desert.
Where English speakers slip
English speakers tend to turn both o's into diphthongs, saying something like 'SHOW-tore'. Keep both vowels short and pure, closer to the 'o' in British 'not', and place the stress on the second syllable rather than the first.