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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "साबुन" in Hindi?
SAA-bun — a long open aa at the front, a plain b, a short lax u, and a dental n.
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Length is at the front and the second syllable is short and closed, so the word falls away rather than climbing. That is the reverse of most Persian-derived nouns in the course, and it is worth registering as an exception.
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बाथरूम में साबुन खत्म हो गया।
Baathroom meṁ saabun khatm ho gayaa.
The soap ran out in the bathroom.
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"Baathroom meṁ saabun khatm ho gayaa" uses khatm ho gayaa for something running out, and khatm has an aspirated ख and a -tm cluster. Baathroom's aspirated dental थ opens the sentence, so saabun is the only fully plain word in it.
Where English speakers slip
The second vowel gets lengthened toward "boon" and the n slides back to the alveolar ridge. Keep the u short and lax, and push the nasal forward onto the teeth. The b should also stay free of breathiness.