FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Rüya: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Rüya is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “dream, vision”.

Say it: rew-yah

About the name Rüya

Meaning: dream, vision
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic ruʾyā.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: rew-yah

How to pronounce Rüya

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

Rüya

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

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”.
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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.

Rüya with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Rüya'ya, Rüya'nın), 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 Rüya is a, a back unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeı (vowel harmony):Rüya'da, Rüya'yı.

Because Rüya ends in a vowel, a buffer letter keeps two vowels apart:y in Rüya'yı, Rüya'ya and Rüya'yla, and n in the genitive Rüya'nın.

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

Rüya is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “dream, vision”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic ruʾyā.

How do you pronounce Rüya?

Say it roughly as “rew-yah”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Say “ee” and round your lips tightly: the vowel of German “über” or French “tu”. Our respelling writes it “ew”.

How do you add suffixes to Rüya in Turkish?

Because Rüya is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Rüya'ya (to Rüya), Rüya'nın (Rüya’s), Rüya'da (at Rüya’s) and Rüya'yla (with Rüya).