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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "हैरान" in Hindi?
hay-RAAN — a voiced h, the long open-mid vowel of "bed," a quick tap, and a long aa.
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Keeping the two long vowels distinct matters more than any accent decision, since merging them flattens the word. The closed second syllable then broadens the finish.
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आप हैरान क्यों हैं?
Aap hairaan kyoṁ haiṁ?
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"Aap hairaan kyoṁ haiṁ?" ends with two nasalized vowels in a row — kyoṁ and haiṁ — after hairaan's fully oral ones. That makes the sentence a clean drill for hearing where nasality starts and stops.
Where English speakers slip
The roman ai pulls English speakers toward the diphthong of "high," and the tap becomes an American r that colours both vowels around it. Freeze the first vowel in an open-mid position and flick the tongue once. The h should be voiced and light.