Save Gender Feminine Usage Turkish, Ottoman Turkish Scripts کلفم(Ottoman Turkish) Pronounced Pron. /ɟyl.ˈfæm/(Turkish) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "rose mouth", ultimately from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and Arabic فم (fam) meaning "mouth". This was the name of a lady-in-waiting in the harem of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.