Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "पैदा होना" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce पैदा होना in Hindi?

पैदा होना is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /pɛː.d̪aː ɦoː.naː/. It means “to be born.” PAY-daa HOH-naa — the first vowel is the long open-mid one of "bed," not the diphthong of "pie."

PAY-daa HOH-naa — the first vowel is the long open-mid one of "bed," not the diphthong of "pie."

पैदा होना /pɛː.d̪aː ɦoː.naː/

paidaa honaa

Four heavy syllables in a row, every one carrying a long vowel — so the phrase moves slowly and evenly. Do not compensate by shortening the middle; Hindi tolerates long stretches of full vowels in a way English rhythm resists.

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Sound it out

pai Unaspirated प with ऐ, a single steady open-mid vowel. Roman ai never means an English diphthong in standard Hindi.

daa Dental द on the teeth, then a long open aa.

honaa Voiced ह, a motionless long ओ, and the dental-n ending.

Hear it in a sentence

मेरा बेटा दिल्ली में पैदा हुआ।

Meraa beṭaa Dillee meṁ paidaa huaa.

My son was born in Delhi.

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"Meraa beṭaa Dillee meṁ paidaa huaa" uses the perfective huaa rather than honaa, agreeing masculine with beṭaa, and beṭaa itself has a retroflex ट. So the tongue curls back for the son and comes forward to the teeth for paidaa.

Where English speakers slip

The vowel in pai- gets read as English "pie," which adds a glide the word does not have, and the p gets aspirated. The d is the third issue: an English alveolar d here sounds retroflex-adjacent, when the target is squarely on the teeth.