Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "मुमकिन" in Hindi?

MOOM-kin with two short lax vowels and a dental n — nothing long anywhere in it.

मुमकिन /mʊm.kɪn/

mumkin

Both vowels are short and both syllables are closed, giving a compact, evenly weighted word. There is nothing to lengthen and nothing to punch, which is unusual enough that English speakers instinctively add prominence to the first syllable.

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Sound it out

mum m, a short lax उ like the vowel of "put," and a second m closing the syllable.

kin Unaspirated क, short इ, and a dental न made with the tongue against the upper teeth.

Hear it in a sentence

क्या यह मुमकिन है?

Kyaa yeh mumkin hai?

Is that possible?

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"Kyaa yeh mumkin hai?" turns the sentence into a question with kyaa in front-position rather than with any change to word order or verb form. Mumkin is invariant, so it works with any subject regardless of gender.

Where English speakers slip

The vowels get lengthened toward "moom-keen," which changes both phonemes at once, and the k picks up English aspiration. Keep both vowels short and lax, and finish with a dental n rather than the slightly retracted English one.