Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "अस्पताल" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce अस्पताल in Hindi?

अस्पताल is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /əs.pə.t̪aːl/. It means “hospital.” us-puh-TAAL — three beats, two schwas, a dental t, and a long aa only at the end.

us-puh-TAAL — three beats, two schwas, a dental t, and a long aa only at the end.

अस्पताल /əs.pə.t̪aːl/

aspataal

English speakers who recognise a cousin of "hospital" tend to import English stress onto the first syllable, which inverts the shape completely. Hindi climbs to the long vowel at the end instead.

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Sound it out

as The word opens on a bare schwa with no consonant; start the voicing gently rather than with a glottal catch, then close on s.

pa Unaspirated प with a second schwa. In this unstressed position English suppresses aspiration anyway, so it is one of the easier p's.

taal A stop on the teeth, then a long open aa, then a bright l with the tongue body kept low.

Hear it in a sentence

मुझे अस्पताल जाना है।

Mujhe aspataal jaanaa hai.

I have to go to the hospital.

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"Mujhe aspataal jaanaa hai" builds an obligation with the infinitive plus hai and takes the dative mujhe, and aspataal needs no postposition as a destination. Mujhe's breathy झ makes the opening harder than anything in the noun.

Where English speakers slip

The English source word pulls learners toward "HOS-pi-tal" rhythm and an alveolar t. Neither belongs. Keep both schwas short and unstressed, put the tongue tip on the teeth for the t, and let the final syllable carry the length. A dark l at the end is the third habit to break.