Barış: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation
Barış is a boy’s name of Turkish origin. It means “peace, reconciliation”.
About the name Barış
- Meaning
- peace, reconciliation
- Origin
- Turkish / Old Turkic
- From barışmak “to make peace”.
- Gender
- Male
- Pronunciation
- bah-ruhsh
How to pronounce Barış
Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellingbah-ruhsh 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.
Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist
- ı
ı is the dotless i
ı is a short, unrounded vowel like the a in “sofa”, made further back in the mouth. It is a different letter from i, so never replace it with “ee”.
Read the dotless ı guide → - ş
ş sounds like “sh”
ş is the sh of “ship”: Ayşe = “eye-sheh”.
Hear ş in the alphabet tool → - r
r is tapped
Turkish r is a light tap of the tongue, like the tt in American “better”; at the end of a word it often sounds breathy.
Hear r in the alphabet tool →
Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.
Barış with Turkish suffixes
Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Barış'a, Barış'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 Barış is ı, a back unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeı (vowel harmony):Barış'ta, Barış'ı.
Because Barış ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Barış'ı, Barış'a) with no buffer letter.
The final consonant is voiceless (one of the “Fıstıkçı Şahap” letters f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p), so the d of the locative and ablative endingshardens to t:-ta and -tan: Barış'ta, Barış'tan.
| Case | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Accusative (object) | Barış'ı | Barış'ı tanıyor musun? Do you know Barış? |
| Dative (to) | Barış'a | Barış'a bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Barış. |
| Locative (at / with) | Barış'ta | Anahtarlar Barış'ta. Barış has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Barış.) |
| Ablative (from) | Barış'tan | Barış'tan bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Barış. |
| Genitive (’s) | Barış'ın | Bu Barış'ın çantası. This is Barış’s bag. |
| Instrumental (with) | Barış'la | Dün Barış'la konuştum. I talked with Barış 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 Barış mean?
Barış is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “peace, reconciliation”. Its origin is Turkish / Old Turkic. From barışmak “to make peace”.
How do you pronounce Barış?
Say it roughly as “bah-ruhsh”, keeping every vowel short and clear. ı is a short, unrounded vowel like the a in “sofa”, made further back in the mouth. It is a different letter from i, so never replace it with “ee”.
How do you add suffixes to Barış in Turkish?
Because Barış is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Barış'a (to Barış), Barış'ın (Barış’s), Barış'ta (at Barış’s) and Barış'la (with Barış).
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