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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "गरम" in Hindi?
guh-RUM — two schwas, one tap, and no long vowel anywhere. Quick and flat.
garam
Two short vowels and one closed syllable: about as light as a two-syllable Hindi word gets. Alongside the long-vowelled adjectives in this chapter it should sound conspicuously brisk, and English speakers almost always over-lengthen it.
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Hear it in a sentence
आज बहुत गरम है।
Aaj bahut garam hai.
It's very hot today.
Listen: आज बहुत गरम है।
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"Aaj bahut garam hai" has no subject noun at all — the sentence is impersonal, describing the weather — so garam does not agree with anything and stays in its base form. Aaj and bahut supply the only long vowels.
Where English speakers slip
An American r turns the second syllable into "-rum" with a rhotic vowel that lasts throughout. Hindi keeps the schwa clean and adds one flick. Adding breathiness to the initial g would also turn it into घ, which is a different letter entirely.