Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "صبح" in Farsi?

Say "sobh," one syllable, with a breathy h at the very end that's often soft or barely audible.

صبح /sobh/

sobh

A one-syllable word, so no stress placement is needed; the final ح is a plain h in Persian (it doesn't carry its original Arabic pharyngeal quality).

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Sound it out

ص s — historically a distinct "emphatic" Arabic letter, but in Persian pronounced just like a plain s — plus a short, unwritten "o."

بح b + h, with the h breathy and sometimes barely audible at the end of the word in fast speech.

Hear it in a sentence

صبح قهوه می‌نوشم.

Sobh ghahve minusham.

I drink coffee in the morning.

Listen: صبح قهوه می‌نوشم.

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"صبح قهوه می‌نوشم" (Sobh ghahve minusham) means "I drink coffee in the morning." صبح stands alone as a time adverb with no preposition, unlike English "in the morning" — Persian time-of-day words don't need a preposition attached.

Where English speakers slip

Don't add a preposition like "in" before صبح — it works on its own as an adverb. Learners also sometimes drop the final h entirely by analogy with silent letters in English, but it should still be lightly pronounced, even if soft.