Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "آوردن" in Farsi?

Say ah-var-DAN, three syllables, with a long open 'ah' first, stress on the last syllable.

آوردن /ɒːværˈdæn/

āvardan

As an infinitive, āvardan stresses its final syllable -dan; its imperative biāvarid stresses the prefix bi- instead.

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Sound it out

آ A long open ā, like 'a' in 'father'.

ور 'var' — v like English 'v' (this و is a full consonant here, not silent), plus a short a like 'cup', then r.

دن 'dan', stressed, plain d plus short a.

Hear it in a sentence

لطفاً آب بیاورید.

Lotfan āb biāvarid.

Please bring water.

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'لطفاً آب بیاورید' (lotfan āb biāvarid, 'Please bring water') shows the imperative be- prefix taking its vowel-initial allomorph bi- before the vowel-initial stem āvar-, with a glide sound between them (pronounced roughly bi-yā-va-rid, written بیاورید). Stress falls on BI-. آب (āb, 'water') is left unmarked as an indefinite object.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often don't recognize بیاورید as be- + āvarid because the prefix appears as bi- rather than be-; they also tend to skip the glide sound between bi- and āvar-, saying something closer to 'bee-avarid' instead of the correct 'bi-yā-va-rid'.