Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "दिन" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce दिन in Hindi?

दिन is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /d̪ɪn/. It means “day.” din with a dental d and a dental n — the tongue tip stays on the teeth for the entire word.

din with a dental d and a dental n — the tongue tip stays on the teeth for the entire word.

दिन /d̪ɪn/

din

One short syllable closed by a nasal: heavy only by position and very brief in time. The word's whole articulatory story is that both consonants share a single tongue position, which makes it quicker than an English speaker expects.

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Sound it out

d Voiced dental द against the back of the upper front teeth. The English alveolar d is far enough back to sound retroflex-adjacent to a Hindi ear.

in A short lax इ closed by dental न — the tongue never leaves the teeth between the two consonants.

Hear it in a sentence

आपका दिन अच्छा हो!

Aapkaa din achchhaa ho!

Have a good day!

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"Aapkaa din achchhaa ho!" uses the subjunctive ho rather than hai, which is what turns a statement into a wish. Achchhaa agrees masculine with din and carries a geminated च्च with an aspirated release, so the blessing is harder to say than the noun.

Where English speakers slip

Both consonants come out alveolar for English speakers, which shifts the whole word backwards, and the vowel gets lengthened toward "deen." Keep the tongue tip forward for both stops and the vowel short and lax.