FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Gamze: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Gamze is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “dimple (on the cheek)”.

Say it: gahm-zeh

About the name Gamze

Meaning: dimple (on the cheek)
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic ghamza “wink”, via Persian.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: gahm-zeh

How to pronounce Gamze

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

Gamze

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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Gamze with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Gamze is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “dimple (on the cheek)”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic ghamza “wink”, via Persian.

How do you pronounce Gamze?

Say it roughly as “gahm-zeh”, 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 Gamze in Turkish?

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