Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "रसोई" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce रसोई in Hindi?

रसोई is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ɾə.soː.iː/. It means “kitchen.” ruh-SOH-ee — three beats, ending in two long vowels side by side with no consonant between them.

ruh-SOH-ee — three beats, ending in two long vowels side by side with no consonant between them.

रसोई /ɾə.soː.iː/

rasoee

The vowel hiatus at the end stretches the finish, and because the last two syllables are pure vowels the word closes unusually openly. Collapsing them into a diphthong removes a beat.

Listen: रसोई

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Sound it out

ra One brief contact of the tongue tip with a bare schwa after it; the opening syllable is over almost immediately.

so An ordinary s, then a long ओ held in a fixed lip position from start to finish.

ee A long ई directly after that o — a genuine hiatus, so this is a separate syllable rather than a glide off the end.

Hear it in a sentence

मैं हमेशा रसोई में खाना बनाता हूँ।

Maiṁ hameshaa rasoee meṁ khaanaa banaataa hooṁ.

I always cook in the kitchen.

Listen: मैं हमेशा रसोई में खाना बनाता हूँ।

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"Maiṁ hameshaa rasoee meṁ khaanaa banaataa hooṁ" attaches meṁ directly to rasoee, so a long ee runs straight into a nasalized long e. Keeping those two vowels distinct — one oral, one nasal — is the sentence's real challenge.

Where English speakers slip

The hiatus fuses into "ra-soy," and the initial tap becomes a sustained r. Say so and ee as two separate beats with a slight break, and flick the tongue once at the start rather than letting the r ring.