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Çavuşoğlu

Çavuşoğlu /tʃavuʃoːˈɫu/ ASCII Cavusoglu

“son of the sergeant”1

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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 Çavuşoğlu?

Çavuşoğlu

IPA /tʃavuʃoːˈɫu/

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

What does the surname Çavuşoğlu mean?

Çavuşoğlu means ‘son of the çavuş’. Today a çavuş is a sergeant, the rank above corporal; in the Ottoman state the word named the officials who carried orders and kept order at court and in the council. It goes back to an Old Turkic root meaning ‘to call out’: the çavuş was first the one who made announcements aloud.1,2

Grammar çavuş + oğul + possessive -u.

What is Çavuşoğlu made of?

Çavuşoğlu is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: çavuş (sergeant; Ottoman herald and usher) + -oğlu (son of).

Çavuşoğlu ++ root çavuş sergeant; Ottoman heraldand usher TURKIC çavuş “Old Turkic çavuş, from*çav- ‘to call out’” suffix -oğlu son of TURKIC oğul “son” Çavuşoğlu çavuş root sergeant; Ottoman herald and usher çavuş TURKIC “Old Turkic çavuş, from *çav- ‘tocall out’” -oğlu suffix son of oğul TURKIC “son”
Çavuşoğlu: parts and root words
  • çavuş Turkic — Old Turkic çavuş, from *çav- ‘to call out’1
  • oğul Turkic — son2

How was the name Çavuşoğlu formed?

Çavuşoğlu was formed by adding -oğlu, “son of”, to çavuş (“sergeant; Ottoman herald and usher”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Çavuşoğlu?

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01 Çavuş same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çavuşoğlu?

  1. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu politician 1968–
  2. Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu amateur wrestler 1995–
  3. Hakan Çavuşoğlu politician 1972–
  4. Yüksel Çavuşoğlu politician 1941–
  5. Bülent Nuri Çavuşoğlu politician 1974–
  6. Muammer Çavuşoğlu politician 1903–1972
  7. Uğur Çavuşoğlu actor 1967–
  8. Yüksel Çavuşoğlu politician 1948–

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

How is Çavuşoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Cavusoglu in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çavuş accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: oğul accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çavuş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: oğul accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Çavuşoğlu accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çavuşoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Çavuşoğlu mean?

Çavuşoğlu means ‘son of the çavuş’. Today a çavuş is a sergeant, the rank above corporal; in the Ottoman state the word named the officials who carried orders and kept order at court and in the council. It goes back to an Old Turkic root meaning ‘to call out’: the çavuş was first the one who made announcements aloud.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çavuşoğlu?

Çavuşoğlu is made up of two elements: çavuş “Old Turkic çavuş, from *çav- ‘to call out’” (Turkic) and oğul “son” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Çavuşoğlu?

Ça·vu·şoğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /tʃavuʃoːˈɫu/.