FemaleOrigin: Persian

Gülşen: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Gülşen is a girl’s name of Persian origin. It means “rose garden”.

Say it: gewl-shen

About the name Gülşen

Meaning: rose garden
Origin: Persian; From Persian gulshan.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: gewl-shen

How to pronounce Gülşen

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

Gülşen

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

ü
ü is a rounded “ee”
Say “ee” and round your lips tightly: the vowel of German “über” or French “tu”. Our respelling writes it “ew”.
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ş
ş sounds like “sh”
ş is the sh of “ship”: Ayşe = “eye-sheh”.
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Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Gülşen with Turkish suffixes

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

Because Gülşen ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Gülşen'i, Gülşen'e) with no buffer letter.

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

Gülşen is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “rose garden”. Its origin is Persian. From Persian gulshan.

How do you pronounce Gülşen?

Say it roughly as “gewl-shen”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Say “ee” and round your lips tightly: the vowel of German “über” or French “tu”. Our respelling writes it “ew”.

How do you add suffixes to Gülşen in Turkish?

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