Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "बंद करना" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce बंद करना in Hindi?

बंद करना is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /bənd̪ kəɾ.naː/. It means “to close.” bund KUR-naa — the -nd cluster is entirely dental, made with the tongue tip on the teeth.

bund KUR-naa — the -nd cluster is entirely dental, made with the tongue tip on the teeth.

बंद करना /bənd̪ kəɾ.naː/

band karnaa

Both band and kar have short vowels, so the phrase is light until the final -naa, which is the only long syllable. That gives it a quick, clipped run-up and a broad finish.

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Sound it out

ba Unaspirated ब with a bare schwa; no breathiness, or it becomes भ.

nd A dental nasal and a dental stop sharing one tongue position. English makes both alveolar, which is a centimetre too far back and audible.

karnaa The light verb again: schwa, single tap, and a long-vowelled ending.

Hear it in a sentence

खिड़की बंद कीजिए।

Khiṛkee band keejiye.

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"Khiṛkee band keejiye" swaps in the polite imperative keejiye, and khiṛkee itself contains ड़, the retroflex flap, plus an aspirated kh at the front. So the object is phonetically harder than the verb phrase attached to it.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers say "band" exactly as the English word — alveolar, with a fuller vowel and an audible d release. Move both consonants forward onto the teeth, shorten the vowel to a schwa, and keep the release quiet. The k of kar also wants suppressing.