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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "देखना" in Hindi?
DAYKH-naa — dental d at the front, a real puff of air after the kh, and two beats only.
dekhnaa
The first syllable is heavy with a long vowel and an aspirated coda; the second is heavy with a long vowel. The aspiration itself adds audible time to the first syllable, so the word can feel front-weighted even though both syllables carry long vowels.
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Hear it in a sentence
मैं यह फ़िल्म देखना चाहता हूँ।
Maiṁ yeh film dekhnaa chaahtaa hooṁ.
I want to watch this movie.
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"Maiṁ yeh film dekhnaa chaahtaa hooṁ" pairs the infinitive with chaahtaa once more, and film is a loanword pronounced with a nuqta फ़, so it starts with a true f. That gives you f, then dental d, then aspirated kh in close succession.
Where English speakers slip
The aspirated kh usually softens into a plain k, which collapses the contrast with a hypothetical dek-. Learners also start the word with an English alveolar d, which is halfway to retroflex ड. Put the tongue tip on your teeth for the d, and let real air escape after the k.