FemaleOrigin: Turkish / Old Turkic

Öykü: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Öykü is a girl’s name of Turkish origin. It means “story, short story”.

Say it: ury-kew

About the name Öykü

Meaning: story, short story
Origin: Turkish / Old Turkic; A language-reform word.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: ury-kew

How to pronounce Öykü

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

Öykü

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

ö
ö is a rounded “e”
Say “eh” and round your lips: the vowel of German “schön”. Our respelling writes it “ur” as in British “fur”, without the r.
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ü
ü is a rounded “ee”
Say “ee” and round your lips tightly: the vowel of German “über” or French “tu”. Our respelling writes it “ew”.
Hear ü in the alphabet tool →

Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Öykü with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Öykü'ye, Öykü'nün), 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 Öykü is ü, a front rounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take e and four-way suffixes takeü (vowel harmony):Öykü'de, Öykü'yü.

Because Öykü ends in a vowel, a buffer letter keeps two vowels apart:y in Öykü'yü, Öykü'ye and Öykü'yle, and n in the genitive Öykü'nün.

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

Öykü is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “story, short story”. Its origin is Turkish / Old Turkic. A language-reform word.

How do you pronounce Öykü?

Say it roughly as “ury-kew”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Say “eh” and round your lips: the vowel of German “schön”. Our respelling writes it “ur” as in British “fur”, without the r.

How do you add suffixes to Öykü in Turkish?

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