MaleOrigin: Arabic

Fikret: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Fikret is a boy’s name of Arabic origin. It means “thought, idea, reflection”.

Say it: feek-ret

About the name Fikret

Meaning: thought, idea, reflection
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic fikra.
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: feek-ret

How to pronounce Fikret

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

Fikret

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Fikret with Turkish suffixes

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

Because Fikret ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Fikret'i, Fikret'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: Fikret'te, Fikret'ten.

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

Fikret is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “thought, idea, reflection”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic fikra.

How do you pronounce Fikret?

Say it roughly as “feek-ret”, keeping every vowel short and clear. 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.

How do you add suffixes to Fikret in Turkish?

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