FemaleOrigin: Uncertain / debated

Ela: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Ela is a girl’s name of uncertain or debated origin. It means “hazel (of eyes)”.

Say it: eh-lah

About the name Ela

Meaning: hazel (of eyes)
Origin: Uncertain / debated; The word goes back to Ottoman Turkish; its deeper origin is debated.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: eh-lah

How to pronounce Ela

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

Ela

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

Every letter in Ela sounds close to English. Just keep each vowel short and pure, without the glides English adds (“o” not “oh-oo”).

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

Ela with Turkish suffixes

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

Because Ela ends in a vowel, a buffer letter keeps two vowels apart:y in Ela'yı, Ela'ya and Ela'yla, and n in the genitive Ela'nın.

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

Ela is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “hazel (of eyes)”. Its origin is uncertain or debated. The word goes back to Ottoman Turkish; its deeper origin is debated.

How do you pronounce Ela?

Say it roughly as “eh-lah”, keeping every vowel short and clear.

How do you add suffixes to Ela in Turkish?

Because Ela is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Ela'ya (to Ela), Ela'nın (Ela’s), Ela'da (at Ela’s) and Ela'yla (with Ela).