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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "बेटी" in Hindi?
BAY-ṭee — same retroflex ṭ as beṭaa, but ending in a long ee that marks the feminine.
beṭee
Since only the final vowel separates this word from beṭaa, that vowel has to be fully long and clearly front. An English-style reduction there would leave the gender ambiguous.
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उनकी बेटी डॉक्टरी की पढ़ाई करती है।
Unkee beṭee ḍokṭaree kee paṛhaaee kartee hai.
His daughter studies medicine.
Listen: उनकी बेटी डॉक्टरी की पढ़ाई करती है।
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"Unkee beṭee ḍokṭaree kee paṛhaaee kartee hai" chains three feminine agreements — unkee, kee, kartee — around the daughter, and ḍokṭaree itself has two retroflex stops. Paṛhaaee then adds the breathy retroflex flap ढ़, so the sentence is dense with curled-tongue sounds.
Where English speakers slip
Learners produce an alveolar t and shorten the final vowel, which erases both the retroflexion and the feminine marking at once. Curl the tongue back for the stop and hold the ee for the same length as the e in the first syllable.