Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "तेज़" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce तेज़ in Hindi?

तेज़ is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /t̪eːz/. It means “fast / quick.” tayz with a dental t, a flat long e, and a z that buzzes to the very end.

tayz with a dental t, a flat long e, and a z that buzzes to the very end.

तेज़ /t̪eːz/

tez

One syllable, long vowel plus a voiced coda, so it is heavy by both measures. The word is short enough that its whole identity rests on vowel length and the voicing of that final consonant, neither of which survives careless speech.

Listen: तेज़

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Sound it out

t Dental त: tongue tip against the back of the upper front teeth, released with no puff of air.

e Long ए held motionless. English "tay" glides up toward ee; this vowel does not move.

z ज़ carries a nuqta, so it is a Persian z rather than the affricate j — and it stays voiced right through, unlike an English word-final z.

Hear it in a sentence

यह गाड़ी बहुत तेज़ है।

Yeh gaaṛee bahut tez hai.

This car is very fast.

Listen: यह गाड़ी बहुत तेज़ है।

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"Yeh gaaṛee bahut tez hai" uses gaaṛee, which contains ड़ — the retroflex flap — so the tongue flicks backwards in the noun and then comes forward to the teeth for the adjective's त. Tez is invariant and does not change for the feminine gaaṛee.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers aspirate the t, place it on the alveolar ridge, and half-devoice the final z. Three small errors that together make the word unrecognisable. Fix the tongue position first — teeth, not ridge — then hold the voicing until the sound actually stops.