FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Hira: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Hira is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “Hira, the cave near Mecca where the first Quranic revelation came to the Prophet Muhammad”.

Say it: hee-rah

About the name Hira

Meaning: Hira, the cave near Mecca where the first Quranic revelation came to the Prophet Muhammad
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic Ḥirāʾ.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: hee-rah

How to pronounce Hira

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

Hira

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Hira with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Hira'ya, Hira'nın), 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 Hira is a, a back unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeı (vowel harmony):Hira'da, Hira'yı.

Because Hira ends in a vowel, a buffer letter keeps two vowels apart:y in Hira'yı, Hira'ya and Hira'yla, and n in the genitive Hira'nın.

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

Hira is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “Hira, the cave near Mecca where the first Quranic revelation came to the Prophet Muhammad”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic Ḥirāʾ.

How do you pronounce Hira?

Say it roughly as “hee-rah”, 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 Hira in Turkish?

Because Hira is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Hira'ya (to Hira), Hira'nın (Hira’s), Hira'da (at Hira’s) and Hira'yla (with Hira).