Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "ज़रूरी" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce ज़रूरी in Hindi?

ज़रूरी is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /zə.ɾuː.ɾiː/. It means “important / necessary.” zuh-ROO-ree — a nuqta z at the front, two tapped r's, and long vowels in the last two syllables.

zuh-ROO-ree — a nuqta z at the front, two tapped r's, and long vowels in the last two syllables.

ज़रूरी /zə.ɾuː.ɾiː/

zarooree

A light opening syllable followed by two long ones, so the word broadens as it goes. The main risk is that the two taps get lengthened into English r's, which would make all three syllables sound roughly equal and destroy the step up in weight.

Listen: ज़रूरी

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Sound it out

za ज़ with its nuqta is a buzzing z from Persian, followed by a bare schwa.

roo One flick of the tongue tip and a long ऊ; the tap must be quick enough that the vowel dominates.

ree A second tap and a long ई. Two identical taps in consecutive syllables make this a good drill for keeping them short.

Hear it in a sentence

आज बहुत ज़रूरी दिन है।

Aaj bahut zarooree din hai.

Today is a very important day.

Listen: आज बहुत ज़रूरी दिन है।

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"Aaj bahut zarooree din hai" leaves zarooree unchanged even though din is masculine, because adjectives ending in -ee are invariant. Bahut just before it usually contracts in speech, so zarooree ends up carrying most of the sentence's duration.

Where English speakers slip

Reading ज़ as j gives "jarooree," which misses the Persian origin the nuqta records. The taps are the other problem: an American r colours the vowels on both sides and turns the word into a continuous rhotic blur. Aim for two brief contacts with clean vowels between them.