Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "آنها" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce آنها in Farsi?

آنها is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ɒːnˈhɒː/. It means “they.” Say "ahn-HAH," with both syllables using the long, open "ah" of "father," and the main stress landing on the second one.

Say "ahn-HAH," with both syllables using the long, open "ah" of "father," and the main stress landing on the second one.

آنها /ɒːnˈhɒː/

ānhā

Stress falls on the final syllable "HĀ"; in casual Tehrani speech, the whole word is often shortened toward "un-hā" (with a shorter first vowel), though the formal form keeps the long ān.

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Sound it out

آ A long "ā" vowel, like "a" in "father," marked with the madd sign since it starts the word.

ن Like English "n" in "non."

ه Like English "h" in "hat" — a real consonant here, not silent.

ا A second long "ā" vowel, like "a" in "father" — this final syllable carries the stress.

Hear it in a sentence

آنها در خانه هستند.

Ānhā dar khāne hastand.

They are at home.

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"Ānhā dar khāne hastand" (آنها در خانه هستند) uses ānhā ("they") as the plural of ān ("that/it"), paired with the third-person plural verb ending -and (hastand, "they are"). This is the formal/written plural pronoun; colloquial speech often prefers unā or simply drops the pronoun when the verb ending already shows plurality.

Where English speakers slip

Learners sometimes pronounce this with a short first vowel, saying something closer to "an-hā," but the initial vowel should be the same long, open "ā" as in ān — shortening it blurs the connection to the singular form ān that ānhā is built from.