FemaleOrigin: Persian

Dicle: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Dicle is a girl’s name of Persian origin. It means “the Tigris river”.

Say it: deej-leh

About the name Dicle

Meaning: the Tigris river
Origin: Persian; From Persian/Arabic Dijla.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: deej-leh

How to pronounce Dicle

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

Dicle

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.

Dicle with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Dicle is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “the Tigris river”. Its origin is Persian. From Persian/Arabic Dijla.

How do you pronounce Dicle?

Say it roughly as “deej-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 Dicle in Turkish?

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