Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "भारी" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce भारी in Hindi?

भारी is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /bʱaː.ɾiː/. It means “heavy.” BHAA-ree — a breathy-voiced b at the front, then a long aa, a quick tap, and a long ee.

BHAA-ree — a breathy-voiced b at the front, then a long aa, a quick tap, and a long ee.

भारी /bʱaː.ɾiː/

bhaaree

Two long syllables, but the breathy onset stretches the first one further, so the word sits slightly forward. Since -ee adjectives are invariant, that final long vowel never changes and can be relied on as a fixed anchor.

Listen: भारी

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Sound it out

bh भ is voiced and aspirated simultaneously: the folds buzz through the lip closure and a warm sigh follows the release. English has no comparable sound.

aa Long open आ, carrying the breathiness from the consonant into its opening moments.

ree One tap of the tongue tip and a long ई to finish.

Hear it in a sentence

यह बैग बहुत भारी है।

Yeh baig bahut bhaaree hai.

This bag is very heavy.

Listen: यह बैग बहुत भारी है।

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"Yeh baig bahut bhaaree hai" puts a plain unaspirated ब-sound in baig right before the breathy भ of bhaaree, which makes the sentence an unusually direct minimal comparison between the two. Baig is an English loan and keeps its plain b.

Where English speakers slip

Nearly everyone produces a plain b, giving "baaree." Breathy voice is the missing element, and English offers no model. Try saying "abhor" slowly and noticing the warm voiced breath between the vowels, then move that quality onto the b at the start of the word.