MaleOrigin: Arabic

Kâzım: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Kâzım is a boy’s name of Arabic origin. It means “one who restrains his anger”.

Say it: kyaa-zuhm

About the name Kâzım

Meaning: one who restrains his anger
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic kāẓim. Often written Kazım without the circumflex.
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: kyaa-zuhm

How to pronounce Kâzım

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

Kâzım

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

â
â is a long a
The circumflex marks a long a and, after k, g or l, a softer consonant: Kâzım sounds like “kyaa-zuhm”. Many people write the name without it.
Hear the Turkish vowels →
ı
ı is the dotless i
ı is a short, unrounded vowel like the a in “sofa”, made further back in the mouth. It is a different letter from i, so never replace it with “ee”.
Read the dotless ı guide →

Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Kâzım with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Kâzım is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “one who restrains his anger”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic kāẓim. Often written Kazım without the circumflex.

How do you pronounce Kâzım?

Say it roughly as “kyaa-zuhm”, keeping every vowel short and clear. The circumflex marks a long a and, after k, g or l, a softer consonant: Kâzım sounds like “kyaa-zuhm”. Many people write the name without it.

How do you add suffixes to Kâzım in Turkish?

Because Kâzım is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Kâzım'a (to Kâzım), Kâzım'ın (Kâzım’s), Kâzım'da (at Kâzım’s) and Kâzım'la (with Kâzım).