Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 834

Buğdaycı

Buğdaycı /buːdajˈdʒɯ/ ASCII Bugdayci

“wheat dealer”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Initial
B
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 Buğdaycı?

Buğdaycı

IPA /buːdajˈdʒɯ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Buğdaycı mean?

Buğdaycı is buğday “wheat” plus the occupational suffix -cı and denotes someone who trades in or grows wheat. Buğday continues Old Turkic buğday or budğay.1

Grammar buğday + -cı (agent suffix).

That Buğdaycı goes back to buğday is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

Buğdaycı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Buğdaycı made of?

Buğdaycı breaks into 2 parts: buğday (wheat) + -cı (occupational suffix).

Buğdaycı + root buğday wheat TURKIC buğday “wheat” suffix -cı occupational suffix Buğdaycı buğday root wheat buğday TURKIC “wheat” -cı suffix occupational suffix
Buğdaycı: parts and root words
  • buğday Turkic — wheat1

How was the name Buğdaycı formed?

Buğdaycı belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (buğday + -cı).

Who are some well-known people named Buğdaycı?

  1. Alp Buğdaycı voice actor 1964–2016
  2. Ömer Buğdaycı association football player 1997–
  3. Deniz Buğdaycı programmer
  4. Güler Buğdaycı researcher
  5. Hüseyin Buğdaycı basketball player 1969–
  6. Onur Buğdaycı researcher

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

How is Buğdaycı written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name appears as Bugdayci in passports and foreign registers.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: buğday accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Buğdaycı

Q1

What does the surname Buğdaycı mean?

Buğdaycı is buğday “wheat” plus the occupational suffix -cı and denotes someone who trades in or grows wheat. Buğday continues Old Turkic buğday or budğay.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Buğdaycı?

The root word of Buğdaycı is buğday (Turkic): “wheat”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Buğdaycı?

Buğ·day·cı, 3 syllables; IPA: /buːdajˈdʒɯ/.