Sevinç: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation
Sevinç is a girl’s name of Turkish origin. It means “joy, delight”.
About the name Sevinç
- Meaning
- joy, delight
- Origin
- Turkish / Old Turkic
- From sevinmek “to rejoice”.
- Gender
- Female
- Pronunciation
- seh-veench
How to pronounce Sevinç
Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellingseh-veench 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.
Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist
- ç
ç sounds like “ch”
ç is the ch of “church”: Çınar = “chuh-nahr”.
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Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.
Sevinç with Turkish suffixes
Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Sevinç'e, Sevinç'in), 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 Sevinç is i, a front unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take e and four-way suffixes takei (vowel harmony):Sevinç'te, Sevinç'i.
Because Sevinç ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Sevinç'i, Sevinç'e) with no buffer letter.
The final consonant is voiceless (one of the “Fıstıkçı Şahap” letters f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p), so the d of the locative and ablative endingshardens to t:-te and -ten: Sevinç'te, Sevinç'ten.
Names never show consonant softening in writing (Sevinç'e), but in everyday speech the final consonant is usually softened, so Sevinç'e tends to sound like “Sevince”.
| Case | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Accusative (object) | Sevinç'i | Sevinç'i tanıyor musun? Do you know Sevinç? |
| Dative (to) | Sevinç'e | Sevinç'e bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Sevinç. |
| Locative (at / with) | Sevinç'te | Anahtarlar Sevinç'te. Sevinç has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Sevinç.) |
| Ablative (from) | Sevinç'ten | Sevinç'ten bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Sevinç. |
| Genitive (’s) | Sevinç'in | Bu Sevinç'in çantası. This is Sevinç’s bag. |
| Instrumental (with) | Sevinç'le | Dün Sevinç'le konuştum. I talked with Sevinç 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 Sevinç mean?
Sevinç is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “joy, delight”. Its origin is Turkish / Old Turkic. From sevinmek “to rejoice”.
How do you pronounce Sevinç?
Say it roughly as “seh-veench”, keeping every vowel short and clear. ç is the ch of “church”: Çınar = “chuh-nahr”.
How do you add suffixes to Sevinç in Turkish?
Because Sevinç is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Sevinç'e (to Sevinç), Sevinç'in (Sevinç’s), Sevinç'te (at Sevinç’s) and Sevinç'le (with Sevinç).
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