Hürrem: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation
Hürrem is a girl’s name of Persian origin. It means “joyful, cheerful”.
About the name Hürrem
- Meaning
- joyful, cheerful
- Origin
- Persian
- From Persian khurram.
- Gender
- Female
- Pronunciation
- hewr-rem
Well-known bearer
Hürrem Sultan (16th century) was the influential wife of Suleiman the Magnificent.
How to pronounce Hürrem
Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellinghewr-rem 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.
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”.
Hear ü in the alphabet tool → - r
r is tapped
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.
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Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.
Hürrem with Turkish suffixes
Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Hürrem'e, Hürrem'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 Hürrem is e, a front unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take e and four-way suffixes takei (vowel harmony):Hürrem'de, Hürrem'i.
Because Hürrem ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Hürrem'i, Hürrem'e) with no buffer letter.
| Case | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Accusative (object) | Hürrem'i | Hürrem'i tanıyor musun? Do you know Hürrem? |
| Dative (to) | Hürrem'e | Hürrem'e bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Hürrem. |
| Locative (at / with) | Hürrem'de | Anahtarlar Hürrem'de. Hürrem has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Hürrem.) |
| Ablative (from) | Hürrem'den | Hürrem'den bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Hürrem. |
| Genitive (’s) | Hürrem'in | Bu Hürrem'in çantası. This is Hürrem’s bag. |
| Instrumental (with) | Hürrem'le | Dün Hürrem'le konuştum. I talked with Hürrem 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 Hürrem mean?
Hürrem is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “joyful, cheerful”. Its origin is Persian. From Persian khurram.
How do you pronounce Hürrem?
Say it roughly as “hewr-rem”, 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 Hürrem in Turkish?
Because Hürrem is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Hürrem'e (to Hürrem), Hürrem'in (Hürrem’s), Hürrem'de (at Hürrem’s) and Hürrem'le (with Hürrem).
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