Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "تخت" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce تخت in Farsi?

تخت is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /tæxt/. It means “bed.” Say "tukht" with a raspy "kh" in the middle, like clearing your throat gently — similar to the "ch" in Scottish "loch," not an English "k" or "t" sound.

Say "tukht" with a raspy "kh" in the middle, like clearing your throat gently — similar to the "ch" in Scottish "loch," not an English "k" or "t" sound.

تخت /tæxt/

takht

One syllable; the tricky part is the raspy kh sandwiched between two plain t sounds, not any stress pattern.

Listen: تخت

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Sound it out

ت t, a plain, unaspirated "t" — crisper and less puffy than an English word-initial "t."

خ kh, a raspy, throat-scraping sound like Scottish "loch" or German "Bach" — very different from a plain "k" or "h."

ت t again, closing the word the same way it opened.

Hear it in a sentence

بچه روی تخت خوابیده است.

Bacheh ruye takht khābide ast.

The child is sleeping on the bed.

Listen: بچه روی تخت خوابیده است.

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"بچه روی تخت خوابیده است" (Bacheh ruye takht khābide ast) uses the perfect-tense construction خوابیده است ("has slept / is sleeping," literally "slept is") to describe an ongoing state, with روی تخت ("on the bed") placed before the verb phrase as usual.

Where English speakers slip

The most common mistake is softening خ into an English "h" or hardening it into a "k," which merges three otherwise distinct Persian sounds (خ, ه, ک) into one. Aim for real friction at the back of the throat, not a puff of air or a stop.