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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "मौसम" in Hindi?
MAU-sum with the steady rounded vowel of "caught" — not the diphthong of "mouse" — and a schwa in the second syllable.
mausam
Length lives at the front and the second syllable is a bare schwa, so the word falls away as it goes. That is the reverse of the pattern in most of the Persian-derived nouns nearby, and worth registering as a contrast.
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आज मौसम कैसा है?
Aaj mausam kaisaa hai?
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"Aaj mausam kaisaa hai?" makes kaisaa masculine to agree with mausam, so the question word inflects even though the noun does not. Kaisaa's ऐ and mausam's औ are the two long vowels of this type in one short sentence.
Where English speakers slip
Reading au as the diphthong of "mouse" adds jaw movement Hindi does not use — the standard vowel stays motionless in a rounded position. Over-pronouncing the second vowel as a full a is the other slip; it should be a neutral schwa.