Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "تاکسی" in Farsi?

Say "TAHK-see" — stress on the first syllable, close to how English says 'taxi' but with the long Persian ā vowel.

تاکسی /ˈtɒːksi/

tāksi

As a European loanword, tāksi is one of the exceptions that keeps first-syllable stress rather than shifting to the final syllable like most native Persian words.

Listen: تاکسی

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Sound it out

تاک 'tāk', the stressed first syllable — plain t, long ā vowel, plain k (ک stays a hard k, distinct from گ/g).

سی 'si', an unstressed final syllable, like English 'see' said lightly.

Hear it in a sentence

با تاکسی به فرودگاه رفتیم.

Bā tāksi be forudgāh raftim.

We went to the airport by taxi.

Listen: با تاکسی به فرودگاه رفتیم.

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'Bā tāksi be forudgāh raftim' means 'We went to the airport by taxi' — bā (by/with) marks the means of transport, be (to) marks the destination forudgāh (airport), and raftim is the simple past of raftan (to go).

Where English speakers slip

Because most Persian words stress their last syllable, learners sometimes over-correct and say tāk-SI; tāksi is a borrowed word that keeps its original front stress, so it should sound close to the English pronunciation, just with the long ā.