Tehrani accent

Tehrani accent (Persian: لهجهٔ تهرانی) is the most common colloquial variant of the modern Persian language. Compared to literary standard Persian, the Tehrani dialect lacks original Persian diphthongs and tends to fuse certain sounds. Tehrani accent of Persian language should not be confused with the old Tehrani dialect, which was a northwestern Iranian dialect, belonging to the central group.

Differences with the standard Persian

Here are some of the main differences between the Tehrani colloquial Persian and standard Persian:

• standard Persian ("ān", "ām") ↔ Tehrani ("un", "um"). Example: "bādām" ↔ "bādum"
• "ow" ↔ "o". Examples: "borow" ↔ "boro", "nowrūz" ↔ "noruz"
• "zd" ↔ "zz". Example: "dozdi" ↔ "dozzi"
• "st" ↔ "ss". Examples: "daste" ↔ "dasse", "peste" ↔ "pesse"
• "e" ↔ "i". Examples: "jegar" ↔ "jigar", "shekār" ↔ "shikār", "keshmesh" ↔ "kishmish"

References

• Tehrani accent, Encyclopedia Islamica (in Persian)