Help:IPA/Persian

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Persian on Wikipedia.

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Persian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Persian, Dari, and Tajik language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-fa}}, {{IPA-prs}}, {{IPA-tg}}, and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Persian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Persian.

Table info: IPA, Consonants[1], Farsi, Dari, Tajik... ▼

IPA			Consonants[1]
Farsi	Dari	Tajik	Arabic letter	Cyrillic letter	Example (Arabic script)	Example (Cyrillic)	English approximation
b			ب	б	برادر	бародар	beet[2] - boy
d			د	д	د‫وست‬	дӯст	den - Daniel
dʒ			ج	ҷ	جوان	ҷавон	jazz - joy
f			ف	ф	فشار	фишор	fast - festival
ɡ			گ	г	گروه	гуруҳ	gate[3] - gooseberry
ɣ , q ɢ[4]	ɣ		غ [5]	ғ	باغ	боғ	Either: Spanish fuego ([ɣ]), Similar to cost (but deeper in the throat) ([q]), Similar to got (but deeper in the throat) ([ɢ])
ɣ , q ɢ[4]	q		ق	қ	قلم	қалам
h			ه ح	ҳ	هفت	ҳафт	hat
j			ی	й	یا	ё	yard
kʰ			ک	к	کشور	кишвар	cat[6]
l			ل	л	لب	лаб	land
m			م	м	مادر	модар	man[7]
n			ن	н	نان	нон	neck
pʰ			‫پ‬	п	‫پدر‬	пидор	pen[6]
ɾ			ر	р	ایران	Эрон	atom in American English[8]
ɹ			ر	р	ایران	Эрон	ring
s			س ص ث	с	سایه	сойа	sock
ʃ			‫ش‬	ш	‫شاه‬	шоҳ	shake
tʰ			ت ط	т	تا	то	tall[6]
tʃʰ			چ	ч	چوب	чӯб	chip[6]
v	w	v	و	в	ویژه	вижа	oven[9][10]
x			خ	х	خانه	хона	loch (Scottish)
z			ز ذ ض ظ	з	آزاد	озод	jazz[11]
ʒ			ژ	ж	ژاله	жола	vision[12]
ʔ			ع ء[13]	ъ	معنا	маъно	As in water, better, Let's go! (Cockney); button (GA and RP; see T-glottalization)
Marginal consonants
ŋ			نگ	нг	رنگ	ранг	sing[14]
Stress
ˈ [15]					ایران [ʔiːˈɾɒːn]	Эрон	about /əˈbaʊt/

Table info: IPA, Vowels, Farsi, Dari, Tajik... ▼

IPA			Vowels
Farsi	Dari	Tajik	Arabic letter	Cyrillic letter	Example (Arabic script)	Example (Cyrillic script)	English approximation
Monophthongs
æ[16]			َ ا ‎[17] ع	а	نه	на	bat
ɒː[18]		ɔ	ﺁ ,ا	о	تا	то	Like the o of not in Received Pronunciation
e[16][19]		i	ِ ا ‎[17] ه[20]	и	که	ки	between bate and bet[21]
iː	eː	e	ی	е	شیر	шер	beat
iː		i	ی	и	شیر	шир	beat
o[16]		u	[20]ا ُ و ‎[17]	у	تو	ту	short version of boat (GA); sort (RP and Australian)
uː	oː	ɵ	و	ӯ	رو	рӯ	boot
uː		u	و	у	رو	ру	boot
Diphthongs[22]
ej	æj		ی	ай	کی	кай	bay, they
ow[23]	æw	æw, æv	و	ав	نو	нав	flow; in early New Persian as well as in modern eastern dialects, pronounced as in flower or loud