FemaleOrigin: Persian

Zümrüt: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Zümrüt is a girl’s name of Persian origin. It means “emerald”.

Say it: zewm-rewt

About the name Zümrüt

Meaning: emerald
Origin: Persian; From Persian zumurrud, ultimately Greek smáragdos.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: zewm-rewt

How to pronounce Zümrüt

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

Zümrüt

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.

Zümrüt with Turkish suffixes

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

Because Zümrüt ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Zümrüt'ü, Zümrüt'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: Zümrüt'te, Zümrüt'ten.

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

Zümrüt is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “emerald”. Its origin is Persian. From Persian zumurrud, ultimately Greek smáragdos.

How do you pronounce Zümrüt?

Say it roughly as “zewm-rewt”, 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 Zümrüt in Turkish?

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