FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Hatice: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Hatice is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “traditionally explained as “born early”; the name of the Prophet Muhammad’s first wife, Khadija”.

Say it: hah-tee-jeh

About the name Hatice

Meaning: traditionally explained as “born early”; the name of the Prophet Muhammad’s first wife, Khadija
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic Khadīja.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: hah-tee-jeh

How to pronounce Hatice

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellinghah-tee-jeh 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.

Hatic e

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

c
c sounds like “j”
Turkish c is always the j of “jam”, never a k or s sound: Can = “jahn”, Cem = “jem”.
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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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Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Hatice with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Hatice is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “traditionally explained as “born early”; the name of the Prophet Muhammad’s first wife, Khadija”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic Khadīja.

How do you pronounce Hatice?

Say it roughly as “hah-tee-jeh”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Turkish c is always the j of “jam”, never a k or s sound: Can = “jahn”, Cem = “jem”.

How do you add suffixes to Hatice in Turkish?

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