Adalet
From adalet (“justice”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
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Âdem
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آدم (Âdem), from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam). Doublet of adam
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Ahu
Borrowed from Classical Persian آهو (āhū).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Ali
From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, literally “high, exalted”), from the Arabic root ع ل ي (ʕ l y). From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy). From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy) as a Muslim name. From…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Aliye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عالیه, from Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Alya
A variation of Aliye.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Ayşe
From Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Azat
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آزاد (âzâd, “free”), from Classical Persian آزاد (āzād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Bahriye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بحریه, from Arabic بَحْرِيَّة (baḥriyya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Behzat
From Ottoman Turkish بهزاد (bihzâd, behzâd), from Classical Persian بِهْزَاد (bihzād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Buket
Borrowed from French bouquet.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Bülent
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بلند (bulend), from Classical Persian بلند (buland).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Burak
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish براق (burāḳ, “the flashing steed, name of the courser that carried Muhammed, in his night-journey (معراج (miʿrāc)) from Mekka to Jerusalem, and…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Büşra
From Turkish Büşra. From Arabic بُشْرَى (bušrā, “good news”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Çağan
Borrowed from Mongolian цагаан (cagaan)/ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ (čaɣan, “white”), in reference to Цагаан сар (Cagaan sar)/ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᠷᠠ (čaɣan sara, “Lunar New Year”, literally “white month”)
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Canan
From Persian جانان (jânân).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Cavit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جاوید (Cavid), from Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd, “eternal”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Cem
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جم (Cem), from Classical Persian جم (jam).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends M
Cemre
From Arabic جَمْرَة (jamra)
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Cenk
From cenk (“war”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends K
Cevdet
From Ottoman Turkish جودت (Cevdet), from Arabic جَوْدَة (jawda).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Cihan
From cihan (“world, universe”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Cihangir
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جهانگیر (Cihangir), from Classical Persian جهانگیر (jahāngīr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Cihat
Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Cüneyt
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جنيد (Cüneyd), from Arabic جُنَيْد (junayd).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Davut
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish داوود (dāvūd), from Arabic دَاوُود (dāwūd), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwīḏ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Derviş
From derviş.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ş
Didem
Likely from Persian دیده (dide) and -im.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Ebrar
Borrowed from Arabic أَبْرَار (ʔabrār), plural of بَرّ (barr, “pious, righteous, benevolent, sincere”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Ebubekir
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ابو بكر (Ebû Bekr), from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Egemen
Borrowed from Greek ηγεμόνας (igemónas, “prince; sovereign”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Emir
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِيرْ (ʔamīr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Ender
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اندر (Ender), from Arabic أَنْدَر (ʔandar).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Esma
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اسما, from Arabic أَسْمَاء (ʔasmāʔ, “names”), plural of اِسْم (ism, “name”), in reference to the 99 names of God in Islam.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Evrenkzib
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اَوْرَنْك زِیب (Evrenk Zib), from Classical Persian اورنگزیب (awrang-zēb, literally “Ornament of the Throne”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
Eymen
From Ottoman Turkish ایمن (Eymen), from Arabic أَيْمَن (ʔayman, “right-handed”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Eyüp
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایوب (Eyyûb), from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ). Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ)der. Arabic…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends P
Fahrettin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فخر الدين, borrowed from Arabic فَخْر الدِّين (faḵr ad-dīn, “glory of the religion”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Fahriye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فخریه, from Arabic فَخْرِيّة (faḵriyya)
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Fatih
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فاتح (Fâtih), from Arabic فَاتِح (fātiḥ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Ferhat
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فرهاد (Ferhad), from Classical Persian فرهاد (farhād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Ferhunde
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فرخنده, from Classical Persian فَرْخُنْدَه (farxunda).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Feridun
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فریدون (Feridun), from Classical Persian فریدون (farēdūn, firēdūn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Figen
From Persian فگن.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Filiz
From Greek. See filiz and English Phyllis.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Gamze
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غمزه (gamze, “coquetry, wink or sign with the eye; dimple”), from Arabic غَمْزَة (ḡamza).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Gülizar
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كلزار (gülzâr), from Classical Persian گُلْزَار (gulzār).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Hakan
From Persian خاقان (xâqân), a Persianized variant of Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan). Cognate with Turkish Kaan, kağan.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Hale
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هاله, from Arabic هَالَة (hāla).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Hamide
Borrowed from Arabic حَمِيدَة (ḥamīda), feminine of حَمِيد (ḥamīd, “praiseworthy”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Harun
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هارون (hârûn), from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾahărōn). Borrowed from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), from Biblical Hebrew…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Haşmet
See haşmet.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Hatice
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خدیجه (Hadîce), from Arabic خَدِيجَة (ḵadīja).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Hayriye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خیریه, from Arabic خَيْرِيَّة (ḵayriyya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Hilâl
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هلال (hilal), from Arabic هِلَال (hilāl).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Hûd
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هود (hûd), from Arabic هُود (hūd). Etymology tree Arabic هُود (hūd)bor. Ottoman Turkish هود (hûd) Turkish Hûd
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends D
Hüda
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هدى (hüda), from Arabic هُدَى (hudā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Hüsnü
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حسنی (Hüsnî), from Arabic حُسْنِيّ (ḥusniyy), from حُسْن (ḥusn, “goodness, beauty”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ü
Hüsrev
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خسرو (Husrev), from Classical Persian خسرو (xusraw).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends V
İbrahim
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ابراهیم (İbrahim), from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), borrowed from Aramaic אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M