Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "हफ़्ता" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce हफ़्ता in Hindi?

हफ़्ता is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ɦəf.t̪aː/. It means “week.” HUF-taa — a genuine f from the nuqta, a schwa, and a dental t before the long ending.

HUF-taa — a genuine f from the nuqta, a schwa, and a dental t before the long ending.

हफ़्ता /ɦəf.t̪aː/

haftaa

The f-t cluster in the middle has no vowel between the consonants, which keeps the word to two beats rather than three. The weight then sits on the long final vowel.

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Sound it out

ha Voiced ह with a bare schwa; the syllable is light and quick.

f That subscript dot changes the letter: फ़ is a labiodental f, upper teeth on lower lip. Without it, फ would be an aspirated p.

taa Dental त on the upper teeth, released dry, opening into a long aa that marks the masculine ending.

Hear it in a sentence

अगले हफ़्ते मिलते हैं।

Agle hafte milte haiṁ.

See you next week.

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"Agle hafte milte haiṁ" uses the oblique hafte rather than haftaa, because it is a time expression — so the final vowel shifts from aa to e. Agle shows the same oblique pattern, and milte haiṁ works as a future.

Where English speakers slip

Ignoring the nuqta gives "haphtaa" with an aspirated p, a real mispronunciation of this Persian loan. The t then tends to be alveolar and released, drifting toward ठ. Look for the dot, and keep the tongue tip on the teeth for the stop.