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Farsi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "زمان" in Farsi?
"za-MAHN" — stress on the second syllable, with a long 'ah' vowel there and a short flat 'a' in the first.
zamān
Stress falls on the final syllable mān; za at the start is short and unstressed.
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زمان زیادی نداریم.
Zamān-e ziādi nadārim.
We don't have much time.
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زمان زیادی نداریم ("We don't have much time") uses the ezafe زمان-ِ زیادی ("much time"), with نداریم as the negative, first-person-plural form of داشتن ("to have").
Where English speakers slip
English speakers often stress the first syllable of an unfamiliar-looking word like this out of habit — remind yourself the emphasis belongs on the final -mān, not za-.