FemaleOrigin: Persian

Bahar: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Bahar is a girl’s name of Persian origin. It means “spring (the season)”.

Say it: bah-hahr

About the name Bahar

Meaning: spring (the season)
Origin: Persian; From Persian bahār.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: bah-hahr

How to pronounce Bahar

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellingbah-hahr is an approximation for English speakers. Turkish stresses syllables much more evenly than English, so avoid hitting one syllable hard. Tap the letters below for tips.

Bahar

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h
h is always pronounced
Turkish h is never silent, even before a consonant or at the end of a word: you hear it in Mehmet, Ahmet and Nuh.
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r
r is tapped
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Bahar with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Bahar'a, Bahar'ın), but it is still pronounced as one word. The apostrophe only marks where the name ends; the suffix itself follows the usual rules.

The last vowel of Bahar is a, a back unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeı (vowel harmony):Bahar'da, Bahar'ı.

Because Bahar ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Bahar'ı, Bahar'a) with no buffer letter.

Case forms of Bahar
Case	Form	Example
Accusative (object)	Bahar'ı	Bahar'ı tanıyor musun? Do you know Bahar?
Dative (to)	Bahar'a	Bahar'a bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Bahar.
Locative (at / with)	Bahar'da	Anahtarlar Bahar'da. Bahar has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Bahar.)
Ablative (from)	Bahar'dan	Bahar'dan bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Bahar.
Genitive (’s)	Bahar'ın	Bu Bahar'ın çantası. This is Bahar’s bag.
Instrumental (with)	Bahar'la	Dün Bahar'la konuştum. I talked with Bahar yesterday.

Forms are generated by TurkLogic’s tested grammar engine. See every case explained in theTurkish noun cases guide, or check the harmony of any word in thevowel harmony calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bahar mean?

Bahar is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “spring (the season)”. Its origin is Persian. From Persian bahār.

How do you pronounce Bahar?

Say it roughly as “bah-hahr”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Turkish h is never silent, even before a consonant or at the end of a word: you hear it in Mehmet, Ahmet and Nuh.

How do you add suffixes to Bahar in Turkish?

Because Bahar is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Bahar'a (to Bahar), Bahar'ın (Bahar’s), Bahar'da (at Bahar’s) and Bahar'la (with Bahar).