FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Cemile: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Cemile is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “beautiful”.

Say it: jeh-mee-leh

About the name Cemile

Meaning: beautiful
Origin: Arabic; Feminine of Arabic jamīl.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: jeh-mee-leh

How to pronounce Cemile

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellingjeh-mee-leh 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.

Cemile

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

c
c sounds like “j”
Turkish c is always the j of “jam”, never a k or s sound: Can = “jahn”, Cem = “jem”.
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e
Final e is pronounced
A final e is never silent in Turkish: it is a short “eh”, so the name has one more syllable than an English reader might expect.
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Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Cemile with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Cemile'ye, Cemile'nin), 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 Cemile is e, a front unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take e and four-way suffixes takei (vowel harmony):Cemile'de, Cemile'yi.

Because Cemile ends in a vowel, a buffer letter keeps two vowels apart:y in Cemile'yi, Cemile'ye and Cemile'yle, and n in the genitive Cemile'nin.

Case forms of Cemile
Case	Form	Example
Accusative (object)	Cemile'yi	Cemile'yi tanıyor musun? Do you know Cemile?
Dative (to)	Cemile'ye	Cemile'ye bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Cemile.
Locative (at / with)	Cemile'de	Anahtarlar Cemile'de. Cemile has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Cemile.)
Ablative (from)	Cemile'den	Cemile'den bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Cemile.
Genitive (’s)	Cemile'nin	Bu Cemile'nin çantası. This is Cemile’s bag.
Instrumental (with)	Cemile'yle	Dün Cemile'yle konuştum. I talked with Cemile 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 Cemile mean?

Cemile is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “beautiful”. Its origin is Arabic. Feminine of Arabic jamīl.

How do you pronounce Cemile?

Say it roughly as “jeh-mee-leh”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Turkish c is always the j of “jam”, never a k or s sound: Can = “jahn”, Cem = “jem”.

How do you add suffixes to Cemile in Turkish?

Because Cemile is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Cemile'ye (to Cemile), Cemile'nin (Cemile’s), Cemile'de (at Cemile’s) and Cemile'yle (with Cemile).