FemaleOrigin: Arabic

İrem: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

İrem is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “Iram, a legendary garden of paradise mentioned in the Quran”.

Say it: ee-rem

About the name İrem

Meaning: Iram, a legendary garden of paradise mentioned in the Quran
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic Iram.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: ee-rem

How to pronounce İrem

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

İrem

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

İ
İ keeps its dot as a capital
Names starting with dotted i are written with a capital İ (İpek, İbrahim). Writing I instead turns it into the dotless ı sound.
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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.

İrem with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

TubaFemale · ArabicṬūbā, a tree of paradise; bliss

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Frequently asked questions

What does the name İrem mean?

İrem is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “Iram, a legendary garden of paradise mentioned in the Quran”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic Iram.

How do you pronounce İrem?

Say it roughly as “ee-rem”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Names starting with dotted i are written with a capital İ (İpek, İbrahim). Writing I instead turns it into the dotless ı sound.

How do you add suffixes to İrem in Turkish?

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