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إِرَم
İrem
ee-REM
“Iram (the legendary garden).”
About İrem
İrem is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "iram (the legendary garden)" — a Turkish-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Turkish form, from Arabic 'Iram' — a legendary city/garden mentioned in the Qur'an (Surah 89). Used as a modern Turkish feminine name evoking paradisiacal beauty.
Origin & roots
Origin
Turkish · Arabic
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Irem
Root letters
Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; İrem's root letters sit at the seam.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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