MaleOrigin: Arabic

Şükrü: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Şükrü is a boy’s name of Arabic origin. It means “grateful; of gratitude”.

Say it: shewk-rew

About the name Şükrü

Meaning: grateful; of gratitude
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic shukr “thanks”.
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: shewk-rew

How to pronounce Şükrü

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

Ş ükrü

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

ş
ş sounds like “sh”
ş is the sh of “ship”: Ayşe = “eye-sheh”.
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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”.
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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.

Şükrü with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Şükrü is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “grateful; of gratitude”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic shukr “thanks”.

How do you pronounce Şükrü?

Say it roughly as “shewk-rew”, keeping every vowel short and clear. ş is the sh of “ship”: Ayşe = “eye-sheh”.

How do you add suffixes to Şükrü in Turkish?

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