Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 780

Bişi

Bişi /biˈʃi/ ASCII Bisi

“fried dough, pişi”1

Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Notable people
  6. §6Abroad
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Bişi?

Bişi

IPA /biˈʃi/

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

What does the surname Bişi mean?

Bişi is a food made by frying leavened dough in oil, also called pişi. Nişanyan traces pişi to Old Turkic bışıġ ‘cooked’, from bış- ‘to cook’. There is also a village named Bişi in the Tutak district of Ağrı.1

Bişi is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bişi made of?

Bişi is a single root: bişi (bişi: fried leavened dough).

Bişi root bişi bişi: fried leaveneddough TURKIC bışıġ “cooked; from bış- ‘tocook’” Bişi bişi root bişi: fried leavened dough bışıġ TURKIC “cooked; from bış- ‘to cook’”
Bişi: parts and root words
  • bışıġ Turkic — cooked; from bış- ‘to cook’1

How was the name Bişi formed?

Bişi belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Who are some well-known people named Bişi?

  1. Cumalı Bişi association football player 1993–

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

How is Bişi written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Bisi.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: pişi accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bişi 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
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bişi

Q1

What does the surname Bişi mean?

Bişi is a food made by frying leavened dough in oil, also called pişi. Nişanyan traces pişi to Old Turkic bışıġ ‘cooked’, from bış- ‘to cook’. There is also a village named Bişi in the Tutak district of Ağrı.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bişi?

The root word of Bişi is bışıġ (Turkic): “cooked; from bış- ‘to cook’”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bişi?

Bi·şi, 2 syllables; IPA: /biˈʃi/.