MaleOrigin: Persian

Çınar: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Çınar is a boy’s name of Persian origin. It means “plane tree (the long-lived oriental plane)”.

Say it: chuh-nahr

About the name Çınar

Meaning: plane tree (the long-lived oriental plane)
Origin: Persian; From Persian chinār.
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: chuh-nahr

How to pronounce Çınar

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

Ç ınar

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

ç
ç sounds like “ch”
ç is the ch of “church”: Çınar = “chuh-nahr”.
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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 →
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.
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Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Çınar with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Çınar'a, Çınar'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 Çınar is a, a back unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeı (vowel harmony):Çınar'da, Çınar'ı.

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

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

Çınar is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “plane tree (the long-lived oriental plane)”. Its origin is Persian. From Persian chinār.

How do you pronounce Çınar?

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

How do you add suffixes to Çınar in Turkish?

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