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Farsi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "زشت" in Farsi?
Say "zesht," rhyming roughly with English "cashed" but starting with z and using a short e like in "bed."
zesht
One syllable — no stress decision, just keep the vowel short and the final cluster crisp.
Listen: زشت
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Hear it in a sentence
این تصویر زشت است.
In tasvir zesht ast.
This picture is ugly.
Listen: این تصویر زشت است.
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"In tasvir zesht ast" pairs the noun tasvir ("picture/image") with zesht — the direct opposite of zibā — using the same noun + adjective + ast pattern seen throughout these examples. It's a fairly blunt word, so in polite conversation Persian speakers often soften criticism with hedges rather than using zesht directly.
Where English speakers slip
The shesht cluster at the end (sh + t) is often broken up by English speakers with an inserted vowel; it should be pronounced as one smooth consonant sequence with the vowel occurring only before the sh, not after it.