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Bostan

Bostan /bosˈtan/

“vegetable garden”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
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. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Bostan?

Bostan

IPA /bosˈtan/

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

What does the surname Bostan mean?

A bostan is a vegetable garden or a field of melons and watermelons. The word comes from Persian būstān ‘garden, flower garden’, built on bō ‘scent’, so its first sense was ‘place of fragrance’. Market gardens and their gardeners on the edges of towns were part of everyday Ottoman life.1

Grammar Bare noun borrowed from Persian.

Bostan is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bostan made of?

Bostan is a single Persian root: bostan (vegetable garden; melon field).

Bostan + root bostan vegetable garden; melonfield PERSIAN bostan “vegetable garden; melonpatch” PERSIAN būstān “garden, especially aflower garden (from bō…” Bostan bostan root vegetable garden; melon field bostan PERSIAN “vegetable garden; melon patch” būstān PERSIAN “garden, especially a flowergarden (from bō ‘scent’)”
Bostan: parts and root words
  • bostan Persian — vegetable garden; melon patch1
  • būstān Persian — garden, especially a flower garden (from bō ‘scent’)1

How was the name Bostan formed?

Bostan is the word bostan (“vegetable garden; melon field”), 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 Bostan?

Bostan Bostancı Bostancıoğlu Bostanlık Bostanoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bostancı same root – –
02 Bostancıoğlu same root – –
03 Bostanlık same root – –
04 Bostanoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bostan?

  1. Numan Bostan association football player 1998–
  2. Kasım Bostan politician 1962–
  3. Melih Bostan association football player 2004–
  4. Ayzit Bostan university teacher 1968–
  5. İsmail Bostan association football player 1958–
  6. Cem Bostan researcher
  7. Ecem Bostan researcher
  8. Hanefi Bostan university teacher 1958–2024

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bostan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bostan 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 Bostan

Q1

What does the surname Bostan mean?

A bostan is a vegetable garden or a field of melons and watermelons. The word comes from Persian būstān ‘garden, flower garden’, built on bō ‘scent’, so its first sense was ‘place of fragrance’. Market gardens and their gardeners on the edges of towns were part of everyday Ottoman life.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bostan?

The root word of Bostan is bostan (Persian): “vegetable garden; melon patch”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bostan?

Bos·tan, 2 syllables; IPA: /bosˈtan/.