MaleOrigin: Arabic

Fatih: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Fatih is a boy’s name of Arabic origin. It means “conqueror”.

Say it: fah-teeh

About the name Fatih

Meaning: conqueror
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic fātiḥ.
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: fah-teeh

Well-known bearer

“Fatih” is the epithet of the 15th-century Ottoman sultan Mehmed II; Istanbul’s Fatih district is named after him.

How to pronounce Fatih

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

Fatih

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h
h is always pronounced
Turkish h is never silent, even before a consonant or at the end of a word: you hear it in Mehmet, Ahmet and Nuh.
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Fatih with Turkish suffixes

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

Because Fatih ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Fatih'i, Fatih'e) 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:-te and -ten: Fatih'te, Fatih'ten.

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

Fatih is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “conqueror”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic fātiḥ.

How do you pronounce Fatih?

Say it roughly as “fah-teeh”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Turkish h is never silent, even before a consonant or at the end of a word: you hear it in Mehmet, Ahmet and Nuh.

How do you add suffixes to Fatih in Turkish?

Because Fatih is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Fatih'e (to Fatih), Fatih'in (Fatih’s), Fatih'te (at Fatih’s) and Fatih'le (with Fatih).