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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "पैसा" in Hindi?
PAY-saa with the long open-mid vowel of "bed," not the diphthong of "pie," and no puff on the p.
paisaa
The two vowels being distinct — one front and open-mid, one low and open — is what stops this sounding monotonous, and merging them damages the word more than any accent shift would.
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मेरे पास ज़्यादा पैसे नहीं हैं।
Mere paas zyaadaa paise naheeṁ haiṁ.
I don't have much money.
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"Mere paas zyaadaa paise naheeṁ haiṁ" uses the plural paise rather than paisaa, so the final vowel shifts to -e, and mere and haiṁ agree plural too. Zyaadaa's zy- cluster right before it is the sentence's hardest onset.
Where English speakers slip
The roman spelling drags English speakers toward "pie-saa," adding a glide the vowel does not have, and the p picks up aspiration. Freeze the first vowel in a single open-mid position and start the word from the p of "spy" rather than "pie."