He and his name have Hungarian origins, and Hungarian words can be pronounced letter-by-letter, with emphasis on the first syllable. The main problems: what are the letters (some consist of multiple characters), and how are they pronounced.
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
- M: /m/
- i: /i/ approximately as in big
- h: /h/ as in “hi”
- á: /aː/ as in “father”
- ly: /j/ as in “yes”
- Cs: /tʃ/ as in “cheek”
- í: /iː/ as in “cheek”
- k: /k/ as in “cheek”
- sz: /s/ as in “scent” or “saint” (which means “szent” in Hungarian)
- e: /e/ as in “scent”
- n: /n/ as in “scent”
- t: /t/ as in “scent”
- mihály: as his first name
- i: /i/
Overall: /ˈmihaɪ ˈtʃiːksɛntmiˌhɑːji/ ≈ mihaay cheek-scent-mihaayi
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