Persian Online – Grammar & Resources

In colloquial phonology, the final glottal (plosive or fricative) is normally dropped and compensated for by lengthening the preceding vowel (at least in conservative constructions):

ten	dah	[tag resources diglossia08001]ده[/tag]	da:	[tag resources diglossia08002]دَ[/tag]
village	deh	[tag resources diglossia08003]ده[/tag]	de:	[tag resources diglossia08004]دِ[/tag]
moon, month	māh	[tag resources diglossia08005]ماه[/tag]	mā:	[tag resources diglossia08006]ما[/tag]
mountain	kuh	[tag resources diglossia08007]کوه[/tag]	ku:	[tag resources diglossia08008]کو[/tag]
tallow, fat, lard	pih	[tag resources diglossia08009]پیه[/tag]	pi:	[tag resources diglossia08010]پی[/tag]
members	a’zā’	[tag resources diglossia08011] اعضاء[/tag]	a:zā:	[tag resources diglossia08012]اضا[/tag]
mint	na’nā’	[tag resources diglossia08013]نعناع[/tag]	na:nā:	[tag resources diglossia08014]ننا[/tag]