Elmas: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation
Elmas is a girl’s name of Persian origin. It means “diamond”.
About the name Elmas
- Meaning
- diamond
- Origin
- Persian
- From Persian almās, ultimately Greek adámas.
- Gender
- Female
- Pronunciation
- el-mahs
How to pronounce Elmas
Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellingel-mahs 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.
Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist
Every letter in Elmas 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.
Elmas with Turkish suffixes
Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Elmas'a, Elmas'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 Elmas is a, a back unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeı (vowel harmony):Elmas'ta, Elmas'ı.
Because Elmas ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Elmas'ı, Elmas'a) with no buffer letter.
The final consonant is voiceless (one of the “Fıstıkçı Şahap” letters f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p), so the d of the locative and ablative endingshardens to t:-ta and -tan: Elmas'ta, Elmas'tan.
| Case | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Accusative (object) | Elmas'ı | Elmas'ı tanıyor musun? Do you know Elmas? |
| Dative (to) | Elmas'a | Elmas'a bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Elmas. |
| Locative (at / with) | Elmas'ta | Anahtarlar Elmas'ta. Elmas has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Elmas.) |
| Ablative (from) | Elmas'tan | Elmas'tan bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Elmas. |
| Genitive (’s) | Elmas'ın | Bu Elmas'ın çantası. This is Elmas’s bag. |
| Instrumental (with) | Elmas'la | Dün Elmas'la konuştum. I talked with Elmas 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 Elmas mean?
Elmas is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “diamond”. Its origin is Persian. From Persian almās, ultimately Greek adámas.
How do you pronounce Elmas?
Say it roughly as “el-mahs”, keeping every vowel short and clear.
How do you add suffixes to Elmas in Turkish?
Because Elmas is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Elmas'a (to Elmas), Elmas'ın (Elmas’s), Elmas'ta (at Elmas’s) and Elmas'la (with Elmas).
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