Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çapar

Çapar /tʃaˈpaɾ/ ASCII Capar

“courier; dappled”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Çapar?

Çapar

IPA /tʃaˈpaɾ/

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

What does the surname Çapar mean?

Çapar is an old word for “courier, messenger”, the rider who carried news at speed, and is associated with the verb çapmak, “to gallop”. As an adjective it also means “spotted, dappled”. Çapar is a man’s name and appears as a village name in Bolu and Çankırı.1,2

That Çapar goes back to çapar and çapmak is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

Çapar is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çapar made of?

Çapar is a single Turkic root: çapar (çapar: courier, messenger; spotted).

Çapar + root çapar çapar: courier,messenger; spotted TURKIC çapar “obsolete: courier;spotted, dappled;…” TURKIC çapmak “to gallop, to ride hard;to raid” Çapar çapar root çapar: courier, messenger; spotted çapar TURKIC “obsolete: courier; spotted,dappled; pockmarked face” çapmak TURKIC “to gallop, to ride hard; to raid”
Çapar: parts and root words
  • çapar Turkic — obsolete: courier; spotted, dappled; pockmarked face1
  • çapmak Turkic — to gallop, to ride hard; to raid2

How was the name Çapar formed?

Çapar is the word çapar (“çapar: courier, messenger; spotted”), taken unchanged as a surname.

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

Which surnames are related to Çapar?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çapanoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çapar?

  1. Ercan Çapar association football player 1990–
  2. Oğuzhan Çapar association football player 1996–
  3. Serpil Çapar handball player 1981–
  4. Cevdet Çapar association football player 1964–
  5. Ahmet Ergin Çapar researcher
  6. Erol Çapar basketball player
  7. Mehmet Çapar badminton player 1999–
  8. Mert Çapar association football player 1997–

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

Is Çapar also a first name?

Yes. Çapar is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “courier; dappled”.

Çapar as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Çapar written and pronounced abroad?

Records without Turkish letters usually write Capar.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çapar accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çapmak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Çapar 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 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Çapar

Q1

What does the surname Çapar mean?

Çapar is an old word for “courier, messenger”, the rider who carried news at speed, and is associated with the verb çapmak, “to gallop”. As an adjective it also means “spotted, dappled”. Çapar is a man’s name and appears as a village name in Bolu and Çankırı.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çapar?

The root word of Çapar is çapmak (Turkic): “to gallop, to ride hard; to raid”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çapar?

Ça·par, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃaˈpaɾ/.