Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "अलविदा" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce अलविदा in Hindi?

अलविदा is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /əl.ʋɪ.d̪aː/. It means “goodbye / farewell (final, formal).” ul-vi-DAA — three beats, a bright l, the loose Hindi व, and a dental d before the long ending.

ul-vi-DAA — three beats, a bright l, the loose Hindi व, and a dental d before the long ending.

अलविदा /əl.ʋɪ.d̪aː/

alvidaa

The word rises to its ending, and because it is a formal, final farewell, speakers often stretch that last vowel further still. That extra length is expressive rather than lexical.

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Sound it out

al A bare initial schwa closed by a clear front l, tongue tip on the ridge and tongue body low.

vi व with loose lip contact between v and w, plus a short lax इ — this middle syllable must stay brief.

daa A stop made on the upper teeth, voiced and unaspirated, opening into a long आ.

Hear it in a sentence

अलविदा, मेरे दोस्त।

Alvidaa, mere dost.

Farewell, my friend.

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"Alvidaa, mere dost" uses mere rather than meraa because dost is being addressed — the vocative takes the oblique form. Dost has dental stops at both ends, which chime with the dental d in alvidaa.

Where English speakers slip

The l darkens before the v, pulling the schwa backward, and the middle vowel gets lengthened toward "vee." Keep the l bright with the tongue tip forward, keep the i short, and put the final d squarely on the teeth rather than the ridge.