FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Fadime: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Fadime is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “a traditional Anatolian form of Fatma (Fatima)”.

Say it: fah-dee-meh

About the name Fadime

Meaning: a traditional Anatolian form of Fatma (Fatima)
Origin: Arabic; Folk variant of Arabic Fāṭima.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: fah-dee-meh

How to pronounce Fadime

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

Fadime

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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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Fadime with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Fadime is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “a traditional Anatolian form of Fatma (Fatima)”. Its origin is Arabic. Folk variant of Arabic Fāṭima.

How do you pronounce Fadime?

Say it roughly as “fah-dee-meh”, 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 Fadime in Turkish?

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