FemaleOrigin: Turkish / Old Turkic

Çiğdem: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Çiğdem is a girl’s name of Turkish origin. It means “crocus”.

Say it: chee-dem

About the name Çiğdem

Meaning: crocus
Origin: Turkish / Old Turkic; A Turkish plant name; the ğ is silent and lengthens the i.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: chee-dem

How to pronounce Çiğdem

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellingchee-dem 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.

Çiğdem

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

ç
ç sounds like “ch”
ç is the ch of “church”: Çınar = “chuh-nahr”.
Hear ç in the alphabet tool →
ğ
ğ is silent or lengthens the vowel
The soft g (yumuşak ge) is never a hard g. After a, ı, o, u it lengthens the vowel before it; between front vowels it becomes a light y-glide or disappears.
Read the soft g guide →

Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Çiğdem with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Çiğdem is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “crocus”. Its origin is Turkish / Old Turkic. A Turkish plant name; the ğ is silent and lengthens the i.

How do you pronounce Çiğdem?

Say it roughly as “chee-dem”, keeping every vowel short and clear. ç is the ch of “church”: Çınar = “chuh-nahr”.

How do you add suffixes to Çiğdem in Turkish?

Because Çiğdem is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Çiğdem'e (to Çiğdem), Çiğdem'in (Çiğdem’s), Çiğdem'de (at Çiğdem’s) and Çiğdem'le (with Çiğdem).