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[purple-gaze.livejournal.com]

How would you pronounce Zehra?
What do you think of the name?
Apparently the meaning is "radiating face" in Turkish.

Comments

[quiteoutofplace.livejournal.com]

The meaning made me laugh.

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

i don't like it. but i guess it's really close to zahra, which is my name- gotta represent! i've always liked it. i just don't like the 'eh' sound that you hear a lot in turkish.
i'd pronounce it exactly how it's spelled. zeh-ra, as opposed to za-ra.
according to behindthename.com zahra means 'brilliant, bright' in arabic. i've heard 'radiance' as well (never 'radiating face', haha!) and i know it also means rose. i like all of those meanings anyway.

[purple-gaze.livejournal.com]

I suppose it does sound funny at first but I've seen it in a few different places.
It must be like radiant, or a face radiating warmth, light, joy or beauty, that sounds special to me.

[quiteoutofplace.livejournal.com]

I think it's the way you worded it. "Radiant face" would have probably struck me as less funny.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I'd say it Zeh-rah
and I'm not too keen on it.
I like tokossel's name better

[purple-gaze.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was the way it was worded. I just copied and pasted it as it was to see how people interpreted it.

[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

I'd say it like Sarah with a Z. I like it OK but I lika Zara and Zahra better.

[wolf-shadow.livejournal.com]

The Zehra I know pronounces it like Sarah, but with a Z, like neuraltube says.

[qalanjo.livejournal.com]

There was a Turkish singer in the 40's named Zehra Bilir and I like her so I like the name.

; )

[sarahjewel.livejournal.com]

Either like Sarah w/ a Z or as Zay-rah.

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

I like it! I like a few Turkish girls' names. I'm particularly partial to Berna. It was my childhood friend's name.

[angelovernh.livejournal.com]

I kind of like it, though I prefer Sarah or Zara.

[qalanjo.livejournal.com]

and it is pronounce exactly as it's written, you have to pronounce each letter (including the H). So it doesn't just sound like Sarah with a z.