how do you pronounce the word هدفون in Persian?
Hello,
can you please help me by clarifying the Persian pronunciation of the letter vav و in following words:
1. in the word هدفون in Persian:
is it /hed-fon/ (with a short vowel O after the letter F), or is it /hed-fo-oon/ (with two vowel O and U after the letter F, as in زوج ).

2. in the word چطور in Persian:
is it /che-tor/ (with a short vowel O after the letter T) or is it /che-to-oor/ (with two vowels O and U after the letter T).

Thank you very much for your help!

Question

how do you pronounce the word هدفون in Persian?
Hello,
can you please help me by clarifying the Persian pronunciation of the letter vav و in following words:
1. in the word هدفون  in Persian:
is it /hed-fon/ (with a short vowel O after the letter F), or is it /hed-fo-oon/ (with two vowel O and U after the letter F, as in زوج ).

2. in the word چطور in Persian:
is it /che-tor/ (with a short vowel O after the letter T) or is it /che-to-oor/ (with two vowels O and U after the letter T).

Thank you very much for your help!

Answer

Hi Jacob,
Yes Hedfon has a short vowel.. 
Chetor as a question word is usually pronounced with a short vowel, but if it's used as an equivalent to "how come?", it can also be pronounced as "chetowr?" They are not that different after all..

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In addition to given answers I must point out even زوج is pronounced with short vowel. So in all the words you mentioned و is pronounced as a short vowel.  examples of long o vowel are دور (far - door)  , خوب (good, khoob), شوت (shoot, shoot/in slang usage means idiot person)

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Unfortunately, you cannot distinguish them just by looking at the words, once you need to listen to them.

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Hi Jacob
Both are  pronounced with short 'O' vowel.

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