Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 779

Bakış

Bakış /baˈkɯʃ/ ASCII Bakis

“look, glance”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Initial
B
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Abroad
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Bakış?

Bakış

IPA /baˈkɯʃ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Bakış mean?

Bakış is a noun formed from bakmak “to look” with -ış: a look, a glance; figuratively a way of seeing and judging things. There is also a town called Bakış in Elbistan.1

Grammar verb bak- + -ış

Bakış is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bakış made of?

Bakış is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: bak- (bakmak: to look) + -ış (verbal noun suffix -ış).

Bakış + root bak- bakmak: to look TURKIC bakmak “to look” suffix -ış verbal noun suffix -ış Bakış bak- root bakmak: to look bakmak TURKIC “to look” -ış suffix verbal noun suffix -ış
Bakış: parts and root words
  • bakmak Turkic — to look1

How was the name Bakış formed?

Bakış was formed by adding the suffix -ış (“verbal noun suffix -ış”) to bak- (“bakmak: to look”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.3

Which surnames are related to Bakış?

Bakış Bakan Erbakan Bakar Yerebakan Gökbakar
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bakan same root – –
02 Erbakan same root – –
03 Bakar same root – –
04 Yerebakan same root – –
05 Gökbakar same root – –

How is Bakış written and pronounced abroad?

In Bakış, ı (dotless i) is usually written i in foreign records; ş (English “sh”) often appears as s, giving forms such as Bakis.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bakmak accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bakış accessed 9 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bakış

Q1

What does the surname Bakış mean?

Bakış is a noun formed from bakmak “to look” with -ış: a look, a glance; figuratively a way of seeing and judging things. There is also a town called Bakış in Elbistan.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bakış?

The root word of Bakış is bakmak (Turkic): “to look”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bakış?

Ba·kış, 2 syllables; IPA: /baˈkɯʃ/.