Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "बोर" in Hindi?

bohr — a plain b, a motionless long o, and one quick flick of the tongue tip.

बोर /boːɾ/

bor

The vowel holds the entire syllable and the tap adds nothing. English speakers hear their own word "bore" and give the r as much time as the vowel, which roughly doubles the syllable's apparent length.

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Sound it out

bo Voiced ब with no breath in it, then a long ओ with the lips fixed in one position throughout.

r A single brief contact of the tongue tip; the vowel must stay pure right up to it.

Hear it in a sentence

मैं बहुत बोर हो रहा हूँ।

Maiṁ bahut bor ho rahaa hooṁ.

I am very bored.

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"Maiṁ bahut bor ho rahaa hooṁ" uses bor with ho rahaa hooṁ rather than any inflected form, because the loanword functions as a fixed predicate. Bahut before it contracts heavily in speech, so bor stands out.

Where English speakers slip

The English word supplies a diphthongised vowel and a long rhotic. Freeze the lips through the vowel and touch the ridge once at the end. Adding breathiness to the b would also move it into the भ series, which is a distinct letter.