FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Nazife: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Nazife is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “clean, pure”.

Say it: nah-zee-feh

About the name Nazife

Meaning: clean, pure
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic naẓīfa.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: nah-zee-feh

How to pronounce Nazife

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

Nazife

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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Nazife with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Nazife is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “clean, pure”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic naẓīfa.

How do you pronounce Nazife?

Say it roughly as “nah-zee-feh”, 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 Nazife in Turkish?

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