Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çalışır

Çalışır /tʃaɫɯˈʃɯɾ/ ASCII Calisir

“hard-working”2

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Ç
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 Çalışır?

Çalışır

IPA /tʃaɫɯˈʃɯɾ/

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

What does the surname Çalışır mean?

Çalışır is the aorist of çalışmak: “works, is industrious, puts in effort”. The verb covers putting in labour to produce something, carrying on a job and striving to learn. The surname turns diligence into a family name.2

Grammar third-person aorist of çalışmak (çalış- + -ır)

What is Çalışır made of?

Çalışır is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: çalış- (çalışmak: to work, to strive) + -ır (aorist suffix).

Çalışır + root çalış- çalışmak: to work, tostrive TURKIC çalışmak “to work; to strive; tostudy” suffix -ır aorist suffix Çalışır çalış- root çalışmak: to work, to strive çalışmak TURKIC “to work; to strive; to study” -ır suffix aorist suffix
Çalışır: parts and root words
  • çalışmak Turkic — to work; to strive; to study2

How was the name Çalışır formed?

Çalışır was formed by adding the suffix -ır (“aorist suffix”) to the verb stem çalış- (“çalışmak: to work, to strive”).

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

Which surnames are related to Çalışır?

Çalışır Çalışkan Çalış Çalışkanoğlu Çalışgan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çalışkan same root – –
02 Çalış same root – –
03 Çalışkanoğlu same root – –
04 Çalışgan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çalışır?

  1. Ahmet Çalışır author 1966–
  2. Engin Çalışır association football player 1972–
  3. Gökhan Çalışır association football player 1987–
  4. Haluk Celaleddin Çalışır researcher
  5. Metin Çalışır researcher
  6. Orhan Çalışır writer 2000–
  7. Tarık Furkan Çalışır association football player
  8. Yazgan Çalışır badminton player 1997–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Çalışır accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çalışmak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çalışmak 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 Çalışır

Q1

What does the surname Çalışır mean?

Çalışır is the aorist of çalışmak: “works, is industrious, puts in effort”. The verb covers putting in labour to produce something, carrying on a job and striving to learn. The surname turns diligence into a family name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çalışır?

The root word of Çalışır is çalışmak (Turkic): “to work; to strive; to study”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çalışır?

Ça·lı·şır, 3 syllables; IPA: /tʃaɫɯˈʃɯɾ/.