FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Kübra: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Kübra is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “the greatest, the grandest (the feminine of ekber “greater”)”.

Say it: kewb-rah

About the name Kübra

Meaning: the greatest, the grandest (the feminine of ekber “greater”)
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic kubrā.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: kewb-rah

How to pronounce Kübra

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

Kübra

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”.
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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.

Kübra with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Kübra is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “the greatest, the grandest (the feminine of ekber “greater”)”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic kubrā.

How do you pronounce Kübra?

Say it roughly as “kewb-rah”, 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 Kübra in Turkish?

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