Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "آسمان" in Farsi?

"ah-seh-MAHN" — three syllables, stress on the last one, with a long 'ah' at both ends and a short 'eh' in the middle.

آسمان [ɑːseˈmɑːn]

āsemān

Stress falls on the final syllable mān; se in the middle is short and unstressed.

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Sound it out

آ A long 'ā' as in 'father', written with the standing alef-madde at the start of a word.

سِ 'se' — like English 'se' in 'set', short and quick.

مان 'mān' — 'm' plus the long 'ā' vowel and 'n', carrying the stress.

Hear it in a sentence

آسمان امشب صاف است.

Āsemān emshab sāf ast.

The sky is clear tonight.

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آسمان امشب صاف است ("The sky is clear tonight") again places the time word امشب right after the subject, with the adjective صاف ("clear") and the verb است ("is") both coming at the end — standard SOV order.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers often default to stressing the first syllable of an unfamiliar word; resist that instinct here and put the emphasis on the final -mān.