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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "सब्ज़ी" in Hindi?
SUB-zee — a b pressed straight against a nuqta z, with no vowel between them.
sabzee
The b-z junction has no vowel in it, which keeps the word to two beats, and both consonants stay voiced across that junction. The beat itself lands on the long final vowel.
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आज रात हम सब्ज़ी और रोटी खाएँगे।
Aaj raat ham sabzee aur roṭee khaaeṁge.
Tonight we will eat vegetables and bread.
Listen: आज रात हम सब्ज़ी और रोटी खाएँगे।
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"Aaj raat ham sabzee aur roṭee khaaeṁge" lists two feminine nouns joined by aur and closes with the plural future khaaeṁge, whose nasalized ending agrees with ham. Roṭee's retroflex ट sits between them, so the tongue curls back once in the middle of the list.
Where English speakers slip
The bigger tell is inserting a vowel — "sa-ba-zee" — which adds a beat Hindi does not have; keep the b and z pressed together with the voicing continuous. Reading ज़ as j gives "sabjee," a common casual pronunciation but not the careful one.