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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "बहन" in Hindi?
BEH-hen — the h colours both vowels toward the sound of "bed," and the final n is dental.
behen
The ह-colouring changes vowel quality without adding length, which is why the word stays compact despite looking substantial on the page. Nothing in it is long.
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मेरी एक बड़ी बहन है।
Meree ek baṛee behen hai.
I have an older sister.
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"Meree ek baṛee behen hai" makes both meree and baṛee feminine to agree with behen, and baṛee contains the retroflex flap ड़. So the sentence pairs two front, teeth-based consonants in the noun with a curled-back flick in the adjective.
Where English speakers slip
Beginners give the h a strong English release, splitting the word into two heavily separated beats, or read the vowels as plain schwas. In natural speech both vowels are already lowered by the h and the h itself is a light voiced murmur — the whole word flows as one smooth movement.