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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "रोटी" in Hindi?
ROH-ṭee — one flicked r, a motionless long o, and a retroflex ṭ with the tongue curled back.
roṭee
Setting up the retroflex closure slightly delays the second syllable without lengthening it, which is articulation rather than accent. Both vowels stay equally long.
Listen: रोटी
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Hear it in a sentence
मैं रोज़ ताज़ी रोटी खाता हूँ।
Maiṁ roz taazee roṭee khaataa hooṁ.
I eat fresh bread every day.
Listen: मैं रोज़ ताज़ी रोटी खाता हूँ।
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"Maiṁ roz taazee roṭee khaataa hooṁ" makes taazee feminine to agree with roṭee, and roz opens with the same tapped r. So the sentence has two taps and one retroflex stop, which is a good sequence for feeling how differently the tongue moves for each.
Where English speakers slip
The retroflex ट becomes an English alveolar t, and the initial r becomes a sustained rhotic that colours the o after it. Both errors involve the tongue tip. Flick it once for the r, and curl it well back for the ṭ — two opposite movements in one short word.