Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "संगीत" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce संगीत in Hindi?

संगीत is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /səŋ.ɡiːt̪/. It means “music.” sung-GEET — the nasal takes its place from the g, so it really is the ng of "finger," and the final t is dental.

sung-GEET — the nasal takes its place from the g, so it really is the ng of "finger," and the final t is dental.

संगीत /səŋ.ɡiːt̪/

sangeet

The velar nasal contributes weight without length, which keeps the opening brief despite its consonant cluster, and the long ee at the end takes the beat.

Listen: संगीत

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Sound it out

san An ordinary s, a bare schwa, and an anusvara that becomes a velar nasal because ग follows.

geet Unaspirated ग with the voicing on, a long tense ई, and a stop on the teeth released with no puff.

Hear it in a sentence

मैं हर शाम संगीत सुनता हूँ।

Maiṁ har shaam sangeet suntaa hooṁ.

I listen to music every evening.

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"Maiṁ har shaam sangeet suntaa hooṁ" pairs sangeet with suntaa, from sunnaa, whose geminate n has flattened in this form. Shaam before it has a long aa, so the sentence moves through three quite different vowel lengths in a row.

Where English speakers slip

Learners produce the bare velar nasal of "sing" and drop the g, and then make the final t alveolar with an audible release. Hindi keeps the g clearly audible after the nasal, and finishes on a quiet dental stop with the tongue on the teeth.