FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Sevda: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Sevda is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “passionate love, deep longing”.

Say it: sev-dah

About the name Sevda

Meaning: passionate love, deep longing
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic sawdāʾ “black (bile)”, which in Turkish came to mean lovesickness.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: sev-dah

How to pronounce Sevda

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

Sevda

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

Every letter in Sevda 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.

Sevda with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Sevda is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “passionate love, deep longing”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic sawdāʾ “black (bile)”, which in Turkish came to mean lovesickness.

How do you pronounce Sevda?

Say it roughly as “sev-dah”, keeping every vowel short and clear.

How do you add suffixes to Sevda in Turkish?

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