Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çene

Çene /tʃeˈne/ ASCII Cene

“jaw, chin; talkativeness”1

Letters / syllables
4 / 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. §5Notable people
  6. §6Abroad
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Çene?

Çene

IPA /tʃeˈne/

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

What does the surname Çene mean?

Çene is the jaw or chin, the bony part of the face that holds the teeth; colloquially it also stands for talkativeness, as in çenesi düşük ‘chatterbox’. Nişanyan traces it to Middle Turkic çāŋe/çeŋe, a loan from Persian çāna ‘jaw’.1

Çene is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çene made of?

Çene is a single Persian root: çene (çene: jaw, chin).

Çene root çene çene: jaw, chin PERSIAN çene “jaw, chin; figurativelytalkativeness” Çene çene root çene: jaw, chin çene PERSIAN “jaw, chin; figurativelytalkativeness”
Çene: parts and root words
  • çene Persian — jaw, chin; figuratively talkativeness1

How was the name Çene formed?

Çene is the word çene (“çene: jaw, chin”), taken unchanged as a surname.

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

Who are some well-known people named Çene?

  1. İlhami Çene fencer 1909–1977
  2. Erdal Çene stock trader
  3. Erhan Çene researcher
  4. Salih Çene author

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

How is Çene written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Cene.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çene accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çene 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 Çene

Q1

What does the surname Çene mean?

Çene is the jaw or chin, the bony part of the face that holds the teeth; colloquially it also stands for talkativeness, as in çenesi düşük ‘chatterbox’. Nişanyan traces it to Middle Turkic çāŋe/çeŋe, a loan from Persian çāna ‘jaw’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çene?

The root word of Çene is çene (Persian): “jaw, chin; figuratively talkativeness”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çene?

Çe·ne, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃeˈne/.