FemaleOrigin: Persian

Mine: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Mine is a girl’s name of Persian origin. It means “enamel”.

Say it: mee-neh

About the name Mine

Meaning: enamel
Origin: Persian; Via Arabic mīnā from Middle Persian.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: mee-neh

How to pronounce Mine

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

Mine

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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Mine with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Mine is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “enamel”. Its origin is Persian. Via Arabic mīnā from Middle Persian.

How do you pronounce Mine?

Say it roughly as “mee-neh”, 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 Mine in Turkish?

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