Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Büyükbayraktar

Büyükbayraktar /byjykbajɾakˈtaɾ/ ASCII Buyukbayraktar

“great flag-bearer”1

Letters / syllables
14 / 5
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 Büyükbayraktar?

Büyükbayraktar

IPA /byjykbajɾakˈtaɾ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 5 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Büyükbayraktar mean?

Büyükbayraktar is built from büyük, “big, elder”, and bayraktar, “flag-bearer”: “great flag-bearer”. Wiktionary traces bayraktar to Ottoman bayrakdar, bayrak, “flag”, plus the Persian-derived suffix -dar, “holder”.1,2

Grammar büyük + bayrak + -tar (“holder”).

That Büyükbayraktar goes back to büyük and bayraktar is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Büyükbayraktar made of?

Büyükbayraktar is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: büyük (big; elder) + bayraktar (flag-bearer).

Büyükbayraktar + first element büyük big; elder TURKIC büyük “big, great” root bayraktar flag-bearer TURKIC bayraktar “flag-bearer; bayrak +-dar” Büyükbayraktar büyük first element big; elder büyük TURKIC “big, great” bayraktar root flag-bearer bayraktar TURKIC “flag-bearer; bayrak + -dar”
Büyükbayraktar: parts and root words
  • büyük Turkic — big, great1
  • bayraktar Turkic — flag-bearer; bayrak + -dar2

How was the name Büyükbayraktar formed?

Büyükbayraktar was formed by joining büyük (“big; elder”) and bayraktar (“flag-bearer”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Büyükbayraktar?

Büyükbayraktar Bayraktar Büyük Bayrakdar Bayraktaroğlu Büyükburç Gözübüyük Büyükaşık Büyükbayrak Büyükkaya Başıbüyük Büyükatalay Büyükberber
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bayraktar same root – –
02 Büyük same root – –
03 Bayrakdar same root – –
04 Bayraktaroğlu same root – –
05 Büyükburç same root – –
06 Gözübüyük same root – –
07 Büyükaşık same root – –
08 Büyükbayrak same root – –
09 Büyükkaya same root – –
10 Başıbüyük same root – –
11 Büyükatalay same root – –
12 Büyükberber same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Büyükbayraktar?

  1. Dilara Büyükbayraktar actor 1989–
  2. Hatice Büyükbayraktar researcher
  3. Zeynep Çoban Büyükbayraktar researcher

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

How is Büyükbayraktar written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Buyukbayraktar.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: büyük accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bayraktar accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Büyükbayraktar 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

Common questions about Büyükbayraktar

Q1

What does the surname Büyükbayraktar mean?

Büyükbayraktar is built from büyük, “big, elder”, and bayraktar, “flag-bearer”: “great flag-bearer”. Wiktionary traces bayraktar to Ottoman bayrakdar, bayrak, “flag”, plus the Persian-derived suffix -dar, “holder”.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Büyükbayraktar?

Büyükbayraktar is made up of two elements: büyük “big, great” (Turkic) and bayraktar “flag-bearer; bayrak + -dar” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Büyükbayraktar?

Bü·yük·bay·rak·tar, 5 syllables; IPA: /byjykbajɾakˈtaɾ/.