Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 937

Bedük

Bedük /beˈdyk/ ASCII Beduk

“big (old form); resin”2

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

How do you pronounce Bedük?

Bedük

IPA /beˈdyk/

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

What does the surname Bedük mean?

Bedük coincides with two separate words. Wiktionary shows that modern büyük, “big”, comes from Proto-Turkic *bedük, attested as bedük in Karakhanid. The Turkish dictionary, on the other hand, records bedük as “pine resin”. No source shows which of the two the surname rests on.2

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. Proto-Turkic *bedük, “big”, the older form of büyük (Wiktionary).
  2. bedük, “pine resin” (Turkish Wiktionary).

What is Bedük made of?

Bedük is a single Turkic root: bedük (big (Old Turkic); pine resin).

Bedük + root bedük big (Old Turkic); pineresin TURKIC bedük “Old Turkic ‘big’, olderform of büyük” TURKIC bedük “pine resin” Bedük bedük root big (Old Turkic); pine resin bedük TURKIC “Old Turkic ‘big’, older form ofbüyük” bedük TURKIC “pine resin”
Bedük: parts and root words
  • bedük Turkic — Old Turkic “big”, older form of büyük2
  • bedük Turkic — pine resin2

How was the name Bedük formed?

Bedük is the adjective bedük (“big (Old Turkic); pine resin”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Bedük?

Bedük Büyükbayrak Başıbüyük Büyükatalay Büyüktürkoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Büyükbayrak same root – –
02 Başıbüyük same root – –
03 Büyükatalay same root – –
04 Büyüktürkoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bedük?

  1. Saffet Arıkan Bedük politician 1944–
  2. Filiz Bedük poet
  3. Suat Bedük politician 1911–1995
  4. Selçuk Bedük researcher

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

How is Bedük written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Beduk.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: büyük accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bedük accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bedük

Q1

What does the surname Bedük mean?

Bedük coincides with two separate words. Wiktionary shows that modern büyük, “big”, comes from Proto-Turkic *bedük, attested as bedük in Karakhanid. The Turkish dictionary, on the other hand, records bedük as “pine resin”. No source shows which of the two the surname rests on.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bedük?

The root word of Bedük is bedük (Turkic): ‘Old Turkic “big”, older form of büyük’. There are 3 competing views on where Bedük comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bedük?

Be·dük, 2 syllables; IPA: /beˈdyk/.