Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "آزادی" in Farsi?

"ah-zah-DEE" — three syllables, stress on the last, with two long 'ah' vowels before it.

آزادی [ɑːzɑːˈdiː]

āzādi

Stress falls on the final syllable di; both ā and zā before it are long but unstressed.

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Sound it out

آ A long 'ā' as in 'father', at the very start of the word.

زا 'zā' — 'z' plus the same long 'ā'.

دی 'di' — 'd' plus a long 'ee' vowel, carrying the stress. This -i ending is a common way Persian turns an adjective into an abstract noun, as in آزاد (āzād, 'free') becoming آزادی (āzādi, 'freedom').

Hear it in a sentence

آزادی برای همه مهم است.

Āzādi barāye hame mohem ast.

Freedom is important for everyone.

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آزادی برای همه مهم است ("Freedom is important for everyone") uses برای ("for") to introduce همه ("everyone"), with مهم ("important") and است closing the sentence.

Where English speakers slip

Shortening either of the two ā vowels is the main slip — both must stay long and open. Also don't let the final, unstressed -di get swallowed; it still needs a clear long 'ee'.