Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 984

Çayır

Çayır /tʃaˈjɯɾ/ ASCII Cayir

“meadow, pasture”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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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 Çayır?

Çayır

IPA /tʃaˈjɯɾ/

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

What does the surname Çayır mean?

A çayır is a meadow, a flat stretch covered with green grass where livestock graze; the word also refers to the grass itself. It goes back to Proto-Turkic *čayır and lives on throughout the Turkic languages. It is one of the basic words of rural, herding life.1

Çayır is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çayır made of?

Çayır is a single root: çayır (meadow, pasture).

Çayır root çayır meadow, pasture TURKIC çayır “meadow, grassland;pasture; Proto-Turkic…” Çayır çayır root meadow, pasture çayır TURKIC “meadow, grassland; pasture;Proto-Turkic *čayır”
Çayır: parts and root words
  • çayır Turkic — meadow, grassland; pasture; Proto-Turkic *čayır1

How was the name Çayır formed?

Çayır belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Çayır?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çayırlı same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çayır?

  1. Ali Çayır volleyball player 1981–
  2. Buğrahan Çayır actor 1984–
  3. Şevval Çayır professional wrestler 2005–
  4. Remzi Çayır statesperson 1959–
  5. Atilla Çayır researcher
  6. Derya Çayır researcher
  7. Ebru Çayır researcher
  8. Mert Çayır association football player 2003–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çayır accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çayır

Q1

What does the surname Çayır mean?

A çayır is a meadow, a flat stretch covered with green grass where livestock graze; the word also refers to the grass itself. It goes back to Proto-Turkic *čayır and lives on throughout the Turkic languages. It is one of the basic words of rural, herding life.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çayır?

The root word of Çayır is çayır (Turkic): “meadow, grassland; pasture; Proto-Turkic *čayır”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çayır?

Ça·yır, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃaˈjɯɾ/.