Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "मिलकर" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce मिलकर in Hindi?

मिलकर is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /mɪl.kəɾ/. It means “together.” MIL-kur — a short lax i, a bright l, and a schwa plus a tap at the end.

MIL-kur — a short lax i, a bright l, and a schwa plus a tap at the end.

मिलकर /mɪl.kəɾ/

milkar

As an adverbial form of milnaa, this behaves like a conjunctive participle and sits loosely in the clause without claiming a beat. Both vowels are short, so what weight it has comes only from the closed syllables.

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Sound it out

mil m, a short इ, and a clear front l with the tongue tip on the ridge. English would darken that l before the k.

kar A dry k, a colourless schwa, and a single flick of the tongue tip — the whole syllable passes in an instant.

Hear it in a sentence

हम मिलकर यह काम करेंगे।

Ham milkar yeh kaam karenge.

We will do this work together.

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"Ham milkar yeh kaam karenge" uses the plural future karenge, agreeing with ham, and milkar functions as "together" rather than as a finite verb. Kaam and karenge both start with the same dry क, so three unaspirated k's appear in the sentence.

Where English speakers slip

The l darkens and the final syllable rhoticises, producing "MEEL-carr." Keep the l bright with the tongue body low, keep the i short, and make the r a single quick contact after a neutral schwa. The k also needs its English puff removed.