Meryem
See also: Məryəm
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مریم (meryem), from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam), from Hebrew מרים (miryām).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛɾˈjɛm/
- Hyphenation: Mer‧yem
Proper noun
Meryem
- a female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Mary or Miriam
- The 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Further reading
- “Meryem”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “Meryem”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3158