FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Neşe: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Neşe is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “joy, merriment”.

Say it: neh-sheh

About the name Neşe

Meaning: joy, merriment
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic nashwa.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: neh-sheh

How to pronounce Neşe

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

Neş e

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

ş
ş sounds like “sh”
ş is the sh of “ship”: Ayşe = “eye-sheh”.
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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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Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Neşe with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Neşe is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “joy, merriment”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic nashwa.

How do you pronounce Neşe?

Say it roughly as “neh-sheh”, keeping every vowel short and clear. ş is the sh of “ship”: Ayşe = “eye-sheh”.

How do you add suffixes to Neşe in Turkish?

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