FemaleOrigin: Persian

Nergis: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Nergis is a girl’s name of Persian origin. It means “narcissus, daffodil”.

Say it: ner-gees

About the name Nergis

Meaning: narcissus, daffodil
Origin: Persian; From Persian narges, ultimately Greek nárkissos.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: ner-gees

How to pronounce Nergis

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

Nergis

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Nergis with Turkish suffixes

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

Because Nergis ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Nergis'i, Nergis'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: Nergis'te, Nergis'ten.

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

Nergis is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “narcissus, daffodil”. Its origin is Persian. From Persian narges, ultimately Greek nárkissos.

How do you pronounce Nergis?

Say it roughly as “ner-gees”, keeping every vowel short and clear. 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.

How do you add suffixes to Nergis in Turkish?

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