Help:IPA/Persian
Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Persian
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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 Template:IPA, and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
 | 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. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
See Persian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Persian.
| IPA | Consonants[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Farsi |
 Dari |
 Tajik |
Arabic letter |
Cyrillic letter |
Example word | English approximation | |
| Arabic script | Cyrillic script | ||||||
| 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: | |
| 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 | Flapped or rolled R[8] | ||
| ɹ | 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 | Farsi & Tajik: oven, Dari: wet[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] | э | ایران [ʔiːˈɾɒːn] |
Эрон | about /əˈbaʊt/ | |||
| IPA | Vowels | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farsi |
Dari |
Tajik |
Arabic letter |
Cyrillic letter |
Example word | English approximation | |||
| Arabic script | Cyrillic script | Farsi | Dari | Tajik | |||||
| Monophthongs | |||||||||
| æ[16] | æ, a | َ[17] ه |
а | نه | на | bat | |||
| e[16][18] | ɪ | i | ِ[17] ه[19] |
и | که | ки | between bait and bet[20] | bit | beat |
| o[16] | ʊ | u | [21]ُ و[17] |
у | تو | ту | story | pull | cool |
| ɒː[22] | ɑː | ɔ | آ َا |
о | تا | то | off, but longer | father | off |
| iː | eː | e̞ | ی | е | شیر | шер | beat | bait | bet |
| iː | i | ِی | и, ӣ | شیر | шир | beat | |||
| uː | oː | ɵ̞, o̞ | و | ӯ | رو | рӯ | cool | story | bet, story |
| uː | u | ُو | у | رو | ру | cool | |||
| Diphthongs[23] | |||||||||
| ej | æj | َی | ай | کی | кай | bay | buy | ||
| ow[24] | æw | æʋ | َو | ав | نو | нав | goal | loud | |