Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çakar

Çakar /tʃaˈkaɾ/ ASCII Cakar

“flashing; lightning”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
back
Initial
Ç
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 Çakar?

Çakar

IPA /tʃaˈkaɾ/

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

What does the surname Çakar mean?

Çakar is the aorist form of çakmak “to flash, to strike”: “flashing, striking”. According to Nişanyan Adlar, the name was given the meaning “lightning” in the 1930s (Atalay 1936); today the word is mostly used for the flashing beacon on police cars and ambulances.1

Grammar Third-person aorist of çakmak, used as a participle.

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

Çakar is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çakar made of?

Çakar is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: çak- (çakmak: to flash, to strike) + -ar (aorist participle).

Çakar + root çak- çakmak: to flash, tostrike TURKIC çakmak “to flash (of lightning);to strike” suffix -ar aorist participle Çakar çak- root çakmak: to flash, to strike çakmak TURKIC “to flash (of lightning); tostrike” -ar suffix aorist participle
Çakar: parts and root words
  • çakmak Turkic — to flash (of lightning); to strike1

How was the name Çakar formed?

Çakar was formed by adding the suffix -ar (“aorist participle”) to the verb stem çak- (“çakmak: to flash, to strike”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Çakar?

Çakar Çakmak Çakan Çakın Çakmakoğlu Nalçakan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çakmak same root – –
02 Çakan same root – –
03 Çakın same root – –
04 Çakmakoğlu same root – –
05 Nalçakan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çakar?

  1. Ahmet Çakar journalist 1962–
  2. Önder Çakar actor 2000–
  3. Yıldız Çakar writer 1978–
  4. Çağla Çakar actor 2003–
  5. Özlem Çakar film actor 1968–
  6. Ahmet Çakar politician 1951–
  7. Mahir Çakar musician 1945–
  8. Mert Çakar association football player 1992–

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

How is Çakar written and pronounced abroad?

In Çakar, ç is pronounced like English ch and is often written c in foreign records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Çakar accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çakar 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 Çakar

Q1

What does the surname Çakar mean?

Çakar is the aorist form of çakmak “to flash, to strike”: “flashing, striking”. According to Nişanyan Adlar, the name was given the meaning “lightning” in the 1930s (Atalay 1936); today the word is mostly used for the flashing beacon on police cars and ambulances.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çakar?

The root word of Çakar is çakmak (Turkic): “to flash (of lightning); to strike”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çakar?

Ça·kar, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃaˈkaɾ/.