FemaleOrigin: Turkish / Old Turkic

Ülker: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Ülker is a girl’s name of Turkish origin. It means “the Pleiades star cluster”.

Say it: ewl-ker

About the name Ülker

Meaning: the Pleiades star cluster
Origin: Turkish / Old Turkic; Old Turkic ülker.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: ewl-ker

How to pronounce Ülker

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

Ülker

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.

Ülker with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Ülker'e, Ülker'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 Ülker is e, a front unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take e and four-way suffixes takei (vowel harmony):Ülker'de, Ülker'i.

Because Ülker ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Ülker'i, Ülker'e) with no buffer letter.

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

Ülker is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “the Pleiades star cluster”. Its origin is Turkish / Old Turkic. Old Turkic ülker.

How do you pronounce Ülker?

Say it roughly as “ewl-ker”, 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 Ülker in Turkish?

Because Ülker is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Ülker'e (to Ülker), Ülker'in (Ülker’s), Ülker'de (at Ülker’s) and Ülker'le (with Ülker).