Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 10

Abasıyanık

Abasıyanık /abasɯjaˈnɯk/ ASCII Abasiyanik

“lovesick, ‘whose cloak is burnt’”1

Letters / syllables
10 / 5
Formation
Compound
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Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Abasıyanık?

Abasıyanık

IPA /abasɯjaˈnɯk/

The stress usually falls on syllable 5 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Abasıyanık mean?

The name comes from the expression abası yanık, “whose cloak is burnt”. In Turkish abayı yakmak means to fall madly in love, so abası yanık is the lovesick one whose cloak has caught fire with passion. An aba is the coarse woollen cloak once worn by the poor and by dervishes.1,4,5

Grammar A possessive phrase, aba-sı + yanık, written as one word.

That Abasıyanık goes back to aba and yanık is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Abasıyanık made of?

Abasıyanık combines Arabic and Turkic elements in 3 parts: aba (coarse woollen cloth; dervish cloak) + -sı (possessive suffix) + yanık (burnt).

Abasıyanık +++ root aba coarse woollen cloth;dervish cloak ARABIC aba “coarse woollen cloth andthe cloak made of it,…” suffix -sı possessive suffix root yanık burnt TURKIC yanık “burnt; aching, sorrowful” TURKIC abayı yakmak “to fall head over heelsin love” Abasıyanık aba root coarse woollen cloth; dervish cloak aba ARABIC “coarse woollen cloth and thecloak made of it, worn also by…” -sı suffix possessive suffix yanık root burnt yanık TURKIC “burnt; aching, sorrowful” abayı yakmak TURKIC “to fall head over heels in love”
Abasıyanık: parts and root words
  • aba Arabic — coarse woollen cloth and the cloak made of it, worn also by dervishes1
  • yanık Turkic — burnt; aching, sorrowful4
  • abayı yakmak Turkic — to fall head over heels in love5

How was the name Abasıyanık formed?

Abasıyanık was formed by adding the suffix -sı (“possessive suffix”) to aba + yanık.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Abasıyanık?

Abasıyanık Yanık Abacı Abalı Abacıoğlu Aba Abalıoğlu Abaoğlu Yanıkkaya Yanıkömeroğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Yanık same root – –
02 Abacı same root – –
03 Abalı same root – –
04 Abacıoğlu same root – –
05 Aba same root – –
06 Abalıoğlu same root – –
07 Abaoğlu same root – –
08 Yanıkkaya same root – –
09 Yanıkömeroğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Abasıyanık?

  1. Sait Faik Abasıyanık writer 1906–1954
  2. Makbule Abasıyanık writer 1883–1963
  3. Ahmet Faik Abasıyanık politician 1892–1965
  4. Mehmet Faik Abasıyanık mayor 1900–1938

People surnamed Abasıyanık as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: aba accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: abayı yakmak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: aba accessed 9 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: yanık accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: abayı yakmak accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Abasıyanık

Q1

What does the surname Abasıyanık mean?

The name comes from the expression abası yanık, “whose cloak is burnt”. In Turkish abayı yakmak means to fall madly in love, so abası yanık is the lovesick one whose cloak has caught fire with passion. An aba is the coarse woollen cloak once worn by the poor and by dervishes.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Abasıyanık?

Abasıyanık is made up of two elements: aba “coarse woollen cloth and the cloak made of it, worn also by dervishes” (Arabic) and yanık “burnt; aching, sorrowful” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Abasıyanık?

A·ba·sı·ya·nık, 5 syllables; IPA: /abasɯjaˈnɯk/.