Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "तैयार" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce तैयार in Hindi?

तैयार is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /t̪ɛː.jaːɾ/. It means “ready.” TAY-yaar with a dental t, the long open-mid vowel of "bed," and a single tap at the end.

TAY-yaar with a dental t, the long open-mid vowel of "bed," and a single tap at the end.

तैयार /t̪ɛː.jaːɾ/

taiyaar

Keeping the two long vowels distinct — the open-mid one in tai- and the open one in -yaar — matters more than any accent decision, since merging them is what makes the word sound flat. The closed final syllable adds a little extra bulk at the end.

Listen: तैयार

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Sound it out

tai Dental त with the tongue on the upper teeth and no puff, plus ऐ — one steady long vowel, not a diphthong.

yaa य as a full glide into a long open aa; the two long vowels of the word are quite different in quality.

r A single flick of the tongue tip to close. Keep the aa pure right up to the contact.

Hear it in a sentence

क्या आप बाहर जाने के लिए तैयार हैं?

Kyaa aap baahar jaane ke liye taiyaar haiṁ?

Are you ready to go out?

Listen: क्या आप बाहर जाने के लिए तैयार हैं?

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"Kyaa aap baahar jaane ke liye taiyaar haiṁ?" uses the oblique infinitive jaane before ke liye, which is the standard way to express purpose. Taiyaar is invariant, so it does not change for the polite plural aap, but haiṁ must stay nasalized.

Where English speakers slip

The roman ai pulls English speakers toward the diphthong of "tie," and the initial t toward an aspirated alveolar. Both need correcting: freeze the first vowel in a single open-mid position, and put the tongue tip on the teeth without letting air escape after the release.