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زَيْنَب

Zeynep

ZAY-nep

“Fragrant flowering plant.”

About Zeynep

Zeynep is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "fragrant flowering plant" — a Turkish-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.

Turkish form of Zainab.

Among the most popular Turkish girls' names.

Origin & roots

Origin

Turkish · Arabic

Gender

Girl

Root letters

ز ي ن بZ-Y-N-B

Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; Zeynep's root letters sit at the seam.

How to say it

ZAY·nep

Stressed syllable in capitals

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