Miraç: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation
Miraç is a boy’s name of Arabic origin. It means “ascension: the Prophet Muhammad’s ascent to heaven”.
About the name Miraç
- Meaning
- ascension: the Prophet Muhammad’s ascent to heaven
- Origin
- Arabic
- From Arabic miʿrāj.
- Gender
- Male
- Pronunciation
- mee-rahch
How to pronounce Miraç
Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellingmee-rahch 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.
Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist
- ç
ç sounds like “ch”
ç is the ch of “church”: Çınar = “chuh-nahr”.
Hear ç in the alphabet tool → - 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.
Miraç with Turkish suffixes
Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Miraç'a, Miraç'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 Miraç is a, a back unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeı (vowel harmony):Miraç'ta, Miraç'ı.
Because Miraç ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Miraç'ı, Miraç'a) 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:-ta and -tan: Miraç'ta, Miraç'tan.
Names never show consonant softening in writing (Miraç'a), but in everyday speech the final consonant is usually softened, so Miraç'a tends to sound like “Miraca”.
| Case | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Accusative (object) | Miraç'ı | Miraç'ı tanıyor musun? Do you know Miraç? |
| Dative (to) | Miraç'a | Miraç'a bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Miraç. |
| Locative (at / with) | Miraç'ta | Anahtarlar Miraç'ta. Miraç has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Miraç.) |
| Ablative (from) | Miraç'tan | Miraç'tan bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Miraç. |
| Genitive (’s) | Miraç'ın | Bu Miraç'ın çantası. This is Miraç’s bag. |
| Instrumental (with) | Miraç'la | Dün Miraç'la konuştum. I talked with Miraç 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 Miraç mean?
Miraç is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “ascension: the Prophet Muhammad’s ascent to heaven”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic miʿrāj.
How do you pronounce Miraç?
Say it roughly as “mee-rahch”, keeping every vowel short and clear. ç is the ch of “church”: Çınar = “chuh-nahr”.
How do you add suffixes to Miraç in Turkish?
Because Miraç is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Miraç'a (to Miraç), Miraç'ın (Miraç’s), Miraç'ta (at Miraç’s) and Miraç'la (with Miraç).
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