How to Pronounce 'آخر هفته': Farsi Pronunciation Guide

Q: How do you pronounce آخر هفته in Farsi?

آخر هفته is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ɒːxæˈre hæfte/. It means “weekend.” Say "AH-khar-eh HUF-teh" — remember that raspy خ sound (like Scottish "loch") in the middle, and link the words smoothly with a quick "-e" connector.

How do you pronounce "آخر هفته" in Farsi?

Say "AH-khar-eh HUF-teh" — remember that raspy خ sound (like Scottish "loch") in the middle, and link the words smoothly with a quick "-e" connector.

آخر هفته /ɒːxæˈre hæfte/

ākhar-e hafte

The two content words each keep their own stress pattern — آخر leans on its first syllable and هفته also stresses its first syllable — while the connecting -e (the ezafe) in between stays light and unstressed, just gliding the phrase together.

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Sound it out

آخر "Ākhar," starting with a long "ā" as in "father," then the raspy خ sound — like clearing your throat gently, similar to the "ch" in Scottish "loch" — followed by a short "ar."

-ه This is the ezafe, a short unstressed "-e" sound linking آخر to هفته, meaning roughly "the end of." It isn't a separate word in speech, just a connecting vowel glued onto the end of آخر.

هفته "Hafte," the same word as "week" on its own — a plain "h," short "a," "f," and a light final "-te."

Hear it in a sentence

آخر هفته به پارک می‌رویم.

Ākhar-e hafte be pārk miravim.

We go to the park on the weekend.

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In آخر هفته به پارک می‌رویم, آخر هفته literally means "end of the week" (using the ezafe construction, آخرِ هفته, though the connecting vowel is often left unwritten) and functions like English "weekend." به پارک می‌رویم ("we go to the park") again places the destination, marked by به, before the verb می‌رویم, which carries the plural "we" ending -یم.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers often forget the connecting ezafe vowel between آخر and هفته and pronounce them as two disconnected words with a pause in between — but they should flow together as one smooth phrase, "ākhar-e hafte." It's also worth not softening the خ into an English "k" or "h"; that raspy, back-of-throat quality is what distinguishes خ from both of those sounds.