Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "मुश्किल" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce मुश्किल in Hindi?

मुश्किल is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /mʊʃ.kɪl/. It means “difficult.” MOOSH-kil with two short lax vowels — nothing in this word is long, despite how substantial it looks.

MOOSH-kil with two short lax vowels — nothing in this word is long, despite how substantial it looks.

मुश्किल /mʊʃ.kɪl/

mushkil

Both vowels are short, so the word is heavy only by position and should sound compact and quick. Set against zarooree or mazboot nearby, mushkil is noticeably brisker, and stretching either vowel is the commonest rhythmic error.

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Sound it out

mush m plus short उ, lax like the vowel of "push," closed by श — essentially the English sh.

kil Unaspirated क, short इ, and a clear front l with the tongue tip on the ridge and the tongue body low.

Hear it in a sentence

हिंदी ज़्यादा मुश्किल नहीं है।

Hindee zyaadaa mushkil naheeṁ hai.

Hindi is not very difficult.

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"Hindee zyaadaa mushkil naheeṁ hai" runs zyaadaa straight into mushkil, so a nuqta z-cluster is followed immediately by an m. The negation naheeṁ then supplies the sentence's only long vowel besides those in Hindee and zyaadaa.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers lengthen the first vowel toward "moosh" and darken the final l, giving something like "MOOSH-keel." Both vowels are genuinely short and lax, and the l stays bright to the very end. Aspiration on the k is the third habit to suppress.