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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "पुराना" in Hindi?
pu-RAA-naa — three beats, with an unaspirated p, a short u, and two long aa vowels.
puraanaa
Light, heavy, heavy — the short first syllable feeds two long ones. Since both long vowels are the same, the word can sound monotonous unless the first syllable is kept genuinely brief for contrast.
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वह इमारत बहुत पुरानी है।
Voh imaarat bahut puraanee hai.
That building is very old.
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"Voh imaarat bahut puraanee hai" switches the adjective to puraanee, feminine, because imaarat is a feminine noun — so the third syllable changes vowel while the first two stay put. Bahut in the middle usually contracts in speech to something close to baut.
Where English speakers slip
Two habits: aspirating the initial p, and turning the medial tap into an American r that swallows the vowels around it. There is also a temptation to lengthen the first vowel to match the others; keep it short, because that contrast is what gives the word its shape.