MaleOrigin: Arabic

Mehmet: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Mehmet is a boy’s name of Arabic origin. It means “praised, praiseworthy: the traditional Turkish form of Muhammad”.

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About the name Mehmet

Meaning: praised, praiseworthy: the traditional Turkish form of Muhammad
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic Muḥammad; Turks traditionally used Mehmet as a respectful everyday form, reserving Muhammed for the Prophet.
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: meh-met
Other spellings: Mehmed

Well-known bearer

Sultan Mehmed II (15th century) is widely known as Fatih Sultan Mehmet.

How to pronounce Mehmet

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

Mehmet

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h
h is always pronounced
Turkish h is never silent, even before a consonant or at the end of a word: you hear it in Mehmet, Ahmet and Nuh.
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Mehmet with Turkish suffixes

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

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

The final consonant is voiceless (one of the “Fıstıkçı Şahap” letters f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p), so the d of the locative and ablative endingshardens to t:-te and -ten: Mehmet'te, Mehmet'ten.

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

Mehmet is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “praised, praiseworthy: the traditional Turkish form of Muhammad”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic Muḥammad; Turks traditionally used Mehmet as a respectful everyday form, reserving Muhammed for the Prophet.

How do you pronounce Mehmet?

Say it roughly as “meh-met”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Turkish h is never silent, even before a consonant or at the end of a word: you hear it in Mehmet, Ahmet and Nuh.

How do you add suffixes to Mehmet in Turkish?

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