Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "घास" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce घास in Hindi?

घास is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ɡʱaːs/. It means “grass.” GHAAS — a breathy-voiced g at the front, then a long open aa closed by s.

GHAAS — a breathy-voiced g at the front, then a long open aa closed by s.

घास /ɡʱaːs/

ghaas

One syllable whose length is all in the vowel, but the breathy onset adds real audible time before the vowel begins. That extra time is aspiration and should not stretch into a separate beat.

Listen: घास

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Sound it out

gh घ requires voicing and breath together: close the back of the tongue with the folds already vibrating, then let a warm sigh out as you release.

aas A long open आ carrying that breathiness into its start, closed by an ordinary s.

Hear it in a sentence

बच्चे घास पर खेल रहे हैं।

Bachche ghaas par khel rahe haiṁ.

The children are playing on the grass.

Listen: बच्चे घास पर खेल रहे हैं।

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"Bachche ghaas par khel rahe haiṁ" uses the masculine plural bachche and pairs the breathy घ of ghaas with the aspirated ख of khel — one voiced and one voiceless, both with breath. Hearing them side by side clarifies both.

Where English speakers slip

Nearly everyone produces a plain g, giving "gaas." Breathy voice is genuinely absent from English, so it has to be built: keep the vocal folds vibrating through the closure and push extra air out as you release, letting it bleed into the vowel.