FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Sema: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Sema is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “sky, heavens”.

Say it: seh-mah

About the name Sema

Meaning: sky, heavens
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic samāʾ.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: seh-mah

How to pronounce Sema

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

Sema

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

Every letter in Sema sounds close to English. Just keep each vowel short and pure, without the glides English adds (“o” not “oh-oo”).

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

Sema with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Sema is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “sky, heavens”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic samāʾ.

How do you pronounce Sema?

Say it roughly as “seh-mah”, keeping every vowel short and clear.

How do you add suffixes to Sema in Turkish?

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