MaleOrigin: Turkish / Old Turkic

Emre: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Emre is a boy’s name of Turkish origin. It means “friend, companion; lover (in the mystical sense)”.

Say it: em-reh

About the name Emre

Meaning: friend, companion; lover (in the mystical sense)
Origin: Turkish / Old Turkic; An old Anatolian Turkish word.
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: em-reh

Well-known bearer

Yunus Emre (13th–14th century) is one of the most beloved poets in the Turkish language.

How to pronounce Emre

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

Emre

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

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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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.

Emre with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Emre is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “friend, companion; lover (in the mystical sense)”. Its origin is Turkish / Old Turkic. An old Anatolian Turkish word.

How do you pronounce Emre?

Say it roughly as “em-reh”, keeping every vowel short and clear. 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.

How do you add suffixes to Emre in Turkish?

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