How to pronounce ayatollah

Listen to ayatollah in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“ayatollah” in real sentences

387 clips in the index · 24 American. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. leadership, including the Ayatollah Ayatollah Khamenei.

    Channel 4 News · hear it here

  2. Me and the Ayatollah, whoever the Ayatollah is.

    ABC News In-depth · hear it here

  3. We went from Ayatollah Khamenei to Ayatollah Khamenei Jr.

    The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here

  4. and the Ayatollah of Iran.

    The Atlantic · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ayatollah. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.

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