Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "पहाड़" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce पहाड़ in Hindi?

पहाड़ is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /pə.ɦaːɽ/. It means “mountain.” puh-HAAṚ — an unaspirated p, a soft voiced h, a long aa, and a retroflex flap at the very end.

puh-HAAṚ — an unaspirated p, a soft voiced h, a long aa, and a retroflex flap at the very end.

पहाड़ /pə.ɦaːɽ/

pahaaṛ

The flap closes the word abruptly and adds no length, so the long aa carries everything with nothing after it to lean on. The opening schwa is a bare run-up.

Listen: पहाड़

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Sound it out

pa प with a completely dry release plus a bare schwa.

haa Voiced ह running into a long open आ; the h is a murmur rather than a burst.

ṛ ड़ in word-final position: curl the tongue tip up and back, then flick it forward against the roof of the mouth. Producing a flap at the end of a word is harder than in the middle, and it must not become a full d.

Hear it in a sentence

हमें पहाड़ों में घूमना पसंद है।

Hameṁ pahaaṛoṁ meṁ ghoomnaa pasand hai.

We like hiking in the mountains.

Listen: हमें पहाड़ों में घूमना पसंद है।

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"Hameṁ pahaaṛoṁ meṁ ghoomnaa pasand hai" puts the noun into the nasalized oblique plural pahaaṛoṁ, so the flap now sits between vowels rather than at the end — a much easier position. Ghoomnaa then adds a breathy-voiced घ.

Where English speakers slip

Word-final ड़ collapses into a plain d or disappears entirely for most learners. It has to be a real flick: curl the tongue back during the long aa, then release it forward as the word ends. Aspirating the initial p is the second habit to suppress.