How to write Mehmet in Korean
메흐메트
- 메me
- 흐heu
- 메me
- 트teu
4 syllables · Spelled by the National Institute of Korean Language's rules for foreign names.
Why it sounds a little different
- Korean doesn't stack consonants, so a short “eu” (ㅡ) slips in — that's where 흐·트 comes from.
Say it in Korean
제 이름은 메흐메트예요.
Je ireumeun meheumeteu-yeyo. — My name is Mehmet.
To be polite, Koreans add 씨 (ssi) after a name: 메흐메트 씨.