HOW TO PRONOUNCE
türkiye
/tɝːˈkiː.jeɪ/
American English · tur-KEE-yay
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Keep three syllables; English and Turkish use different vowels.
In the English form tur-KEE-yay, KEE is strongest. Another English form is TUR-kee-yay. Turkish Türkiye stresses TÜR: hold your tongue as if saying ee while rounding your lips for ü, then add ki-ye. The English versions adapt the Turkish sounds; they are not exact guides to the Turkish pronunciation.
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“We are planning a trip to Türkiye.”
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Cambridge Dictionary · English pronunciation of Türkiye ↗Wiktionary · English and Turkish forms · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
David K. Jordan, UC San Diego · Turkish vowels ↗
What does türkiye mean?
proper noun
- A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia
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American English · tur-KEE-yay (Cambridge)
/tɝːˈkiː.jeɪ/
American English · TUR-kee-yay (Wiktionary)
/ˈtɝːkiːˌjeɪ/
Turkish · first-syllable stress
/ˈtyɾ.ci.je/
Wiktionary · English and Turkish forms · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
David K. Jordan, UC San Diego · Turkish vowels ↗
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