Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 859

Büyükaşık

Büyükaşık /byjykaˈʃɯk/ ASCII Buyukasik

“the great minstrel”3

Letters / syllables
9 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
B
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 Büyükaşık?

Büyükaşık

IPA /byjykaˈʃɯk/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Büyükaşık mean?

Büyük, “big, elder”, joins aşık. Read as âşık, of Arabic origin, “lover; folk minstrel”, the name means “the great minstrel”. A reading with native Turkic aşık, “knucklebone”, is also possible; the sources do not say which lies behind the surname.1,2,3

Grammar Compound: büyük + âşık / aşık.

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. büyük + âşık of Arabic origin, “folk minstrel, lover”.
  2. büyük + native Turkic aşık “knucklebone”.

What is Büyükaşık made of?

Büyükaşık breaks into 2 parts: büyük (big; elder) + aşık (âşık: folk minstrel; or knucklebone).

Büyükaşık ++ first element büyük big; elder TURKIC büyük “big; elder” root aşık âşık: folk minstrel; orknucklebone ARABIC âşık “lover; folk minstrel” TURKIC aşık “knucklebone, anklebone” Büyükaşık büyük first element big; elder büyük TURKIC “big; elder” aşık root âşık: folk minstrel; or knucklebone âşık ARABIC “lover; folk minstrel” aşık TURKIC “knucklebone, anklebone”
Büyükaşık: parts and root words
  • büyük Turkic — big; elder3
  • âşık Arabic — lover; folk minstrel1
  • aşık Turkic — knucklebone, anklebone2

How was the name Büyükaşık formed?

Büyükaşık belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (büyük + aşık).

Which surnames are related to Büyükaşık?

Büyükaşık Aşık Büyük Büyükburç Gözübüyük Büyükbayraktar Büyükkaya Büyükberber Büyükak Büyüküstün
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aşık same root – –
02 Büyük same root – –
03 Büyükburç same root – –
04 Gözübüyük same root – –
05 Büyükbayraktar same root – –
06 Büyükkaya same root – –
07 Büyükberber same root – –
08 Büyükak same root – –
09 Büyüküstün same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Büyükaşık?

  1. Hasan Büyükaşık artisan 1934–
  2. Bülent Büyükaşık actor
  3. Diyap Büyükaşık chess player 1996–

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

How is Büyükaşık written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey Büyükaşık is usually written Buyukasik. In Turkish, ı is a back unrounded vowel, close to the vowel in English “roses”; ş sounds like English “sh”; ü is pronounced as in German.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: âşık accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: aşık accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: büyük accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Büyükaşık

Q1

What does the surname Büyükaşık mean?

Büyük, “big, elder”, joins aşık. Read as âşık, of Arabic origin, “lover; folk minstrel”, the name means “the great minstrel”. A reading with native Turkic aşık, “knucklebone”, is also possible; the sources do not say which lies behind the surname.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Büyükaşık?

The root word of Büyükaşık is büyük (Arabic): “big; elder”. There are 3 competing views on where Büyükaşık comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Büyükaşık?

Bü·yü·ka·şık, 4 syllables; IPA: /byjykaˈʃɯk/.