Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "कुर्सी" in Hindi?

KUR-see — a dry k, a short lax u, one quick tap, and a long ee.

कुर्सी /kʊɾ.siː/

kursee

The tap contributes no length, so the opening syllable is genuinely brief — quite unlike the drawn-out first syllable an American r would produce. The long ee then takes the beat.

Listen: कुर्सी

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Sound it out

kur A dry k, a short lax उ like the vowel of "put," and a single flick of the tongue tip to close.

see The s needs no adjustment; the vowel does, since it is the word's only long one and must be fully tense.

Hear it in a sentence

इस कुर्सी पर बैठिए।

Is kursee par baiṭhiye.

Sit on this chair.

Listen: इस कुर्सी पर बैठिए।

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"Is kursee par baiṭhiye" puts kursee in the oblique-compatible form before par and uses the polite imperative baiṭhiye, whose ठ is an aspirated retroflex. So the sentence pairs a very front word with a very back consonant in the verb.

Where English speakers slip

The r turns into an American rhotic that fills the first syllable and colours the vowel, giving something like "KURR-see." It is one contact. Keep the u short and lax, and keep the k free of the puff English adds before a stressed vowel.