FemaleOrigin: Persian

Lale: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Lale is a girl’s name of Persian origin. It means “tulip”.

Say it: lah-leh

About the name Lale

Meaning: tulip
Origin: Persian; From Persian lāla. The tulip is a symbol of the Ottoman “Tulip Era”.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: lah-leh

How to pronounce Lale

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

Lale

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

e
Final e is pronounced
A final e is never silent in Turkish: it is a short “eh”, so the name has one more syllable than an English reader might expect.
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Lale with Turkish suffixes

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

Because Lale ends in a vowel, a buffer letter keeps two vowels apart:y in Lale'yi, Lale'ye and Lale'yle, and n in the genitive Lale'nin.

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

Lale is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “tulip”. Its origin is Persian. From Persian lāla. The tulip is a symbol of the Ottoman “Tulip Era”.

How do you pronounce Lale?

Say it roughly as “lah-leh”, keeping every vowel short and clear. A final e is never silent in Turkish: it is a short “eh”, so the name has one more syllable than an English reader might expect.

How do you add suffixes to Lale in Turkish?

Because Lale is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Lale'ye (to Lale), Lale'nin (Lale’s), Lale'de (at Lale’s) and Lale'yle (with Lale).