FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Zehra: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Zehra is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “bright, radiant; az-Zahrāʾ (“the radiant one”) is an epithet of Fatima, the Prophet’s daughter”.

Say it: zeh-rah

About the name Zehra

Meaning: bright, radiant; az-Zahrāʾ (“the radiant one”) is an epithet of Fatima, the Prophet’s daughter
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic zahrāʾ.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: zeh-rah

How to pronounce Zehra

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

Zehra

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h
h is always pronounced
Turkish h is never silent, even before a consonant or at the end of a word: you hear it in Mehmet, Ahmet and Nuh.
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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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Zehra with Turkish suffixes

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

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

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

Zehra is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “bright, radiant; az-Zahrāʾ (“the radiant one”) is an epithet of Fatima, the Prophet’s daughter”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic zahrāʾ.

How do you pronounce Zehra?

Say it roughly as “zeh-rah”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Turkish h is never silent, even before a consonant or at the end of a word: you hear it in Mehmet, Ahmet and Nuh.

How do you add suffixes to Zehra in Turkish?

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