Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "पासपोर्ट" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce पासपोर्ट in Hindi?

पासपोर्ट is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /paːs.poːɾʈ/. It means “passport.” PAAS-porṭ — two dry p's, two long vowels, a tapped r, and a retroflex t at the end.

PAAS-porṭ — two dry p's, two long vowels, a tapped r, and a retroflex t at the end.

पासपोर्ट /paːs.poːɾʈ/

paasporṭ

Real length comes from the two long vowels, and the retroflex closure at the end slows the finish. The tap contributes nothing, which stops the second syllable ballooning the way its English counterpart does.

Listen: पासपोर्ट

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Sound it out

paas No puff as the lips separate, then a long open आ closed by s.

por A second silent-release p, a long ओ with the lips fixed, and a single quick flick of the tongue tip.

ṭ A retroflex ट closing the word: the tongue tip curls up and back to strike behind the ridge, and the release carries no aspiration.

Hear it in a sentence

अपना पासपोर्ट मत भूलिए।

Apnaa paasporṭ mat bhooliye.

Do not forget your passport.

Listen: अपना पासपोर्ट मत भूलिए।

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"Apnaa paasporṭ mat bhooliye" uses apnaa because the passport belongs to the person addressed, and mat marks the prohibition. Bhooliye opens with the breathy-voiced भ, so the sentence ends on a sighed release.

Where English speakers slip

Aspirated p's, a rhotic r and an alveolar final t all come with the English word, and all three differ in Hindi. Suppress both puffs, reduce the r to one contact, and curl the tongue back for the last consonant.