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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "सूरज" in Hindi?
SOO-ruj — a long oo at the front, one quick tap, a schwa, and a dry affricate at the end.
sooraj
Heavy first, light second — the word tips forward, which is the less common Hindi pattern. The long oo does all the work and the closing syllable is just a tap, a schwa and an affricate.
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आज सूरज तेज़ चमक रहा है।
Aaj sooraj tez chamak rahaa hai.
The sun is shining brightly today.
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"Aaj sooraj tez chamak rahaa hai" uses tez as an adverb here rather than an adjective, and chamak has two schwas and no long vowel at all. So sooraj's long oo and aaj's long aa are the sentence's only real length.
Where English speakers slip
The tap becomes an American r that swallows the schwa, giving "SOO-rudge" with a rhotic middle. Keep it as one contact. The final ज also tends to devoice toward "ch"; hold the voicing until the sound stops.