TÜRKIYE · DEFENDER
How to pronounce
Kaan Ayhan
Say it
kah·AHNAHY·hahn
American /kɑːˈɑːn ˈaɪhɑːn/
Sound by sound
4 little beats. BIG = the stressed part.
- kah the ‘ah’ in father
- AHN the ‘ah’ in father — say this beat loudest
- AHY a long i, like eye — say this beat loudest
- hahn the ‘ah’ in father
Get it right
- kah·AHN AHY·hahn — stress on AHN and AHY
- Nation
- Türkiye
- Position
- Defender
Why Turkish names are more regular than they look
- C is a ‘j’ and Ç is ‘ch’ — Çalhanoğlu → chahl-hah-NOH-loo.
- Ş is ‘sh’, and ğ (soft g) is silent — it just lengthens the vowel before it.
- I without a dot is a swallowed ‘uh’; the dotted i is ‘ee’ — Yıldız → yuhl-DUHZ.
- Ö / Ü are the same rounded vowels as in German; Americans land on ‘ur’ / ‘oo’.
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FAQ
How do you pronounce Kaan Ayhan?
Kaan Ayhan is pronounced kah·AHN AHY·hahn in American English — 4 beats, stressing AHN and AHY.
What position does Kaan Ayhan play?
Kaan Ayhan is a defender for Türkiye (the Turkish national team).