SURNAMEEntry 1,044
Çim
/tʃim/ ASCII Cim
“grass, turf”2
- CategoryFlowers and plants
- OriginTurkic
- FormPlain noun
- Letters / syllables
- 3 / 1
- Formation
- Plain noun
- Vowel harmony
- front
- Initial
- Ç
Contents§1–§9
How do you pronounce Çim?
Çim
What does the surname Çim mean?
Çim is grass growing short and dense, today mostly lawn or turf. According to Nişanyan, Old Turkic çim named a kind of grass such as couch grass. Nişanyan Adlar also records Çim as a Turkish name.2
Çim is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.
What is Çim made of?
Çim is a single root: çim (grass, turf).
- çim Turkic — a grass (couch grass)2
How was the name Çim formed?
Çim belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.
Who are some well-known people named Çim?
- Yusuf Çim actor 1991–
People surnamed Çim as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.
How is Çim written and pronounced abroad?
In records outside Turkey the name usually appears as Cim: ç becomes c (German tsch, English ch).
Where do these facts come from?
- 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çim
- 2 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Çim
- 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name
- 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525)
- 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759)
Common questions about Çim
- Q1
What does the surname Çim mean?
- Çim is grass growing short and dense, today mostly lawn or turf. According to Nişanyan, Old Turkic çim named a kind of grass such as couch grass. Nişanyan Adlar also records Çim as a Turkish name.
- Q2
What is the origin of the surname Çim?
- The root word of Çim is çim (Turkic): “a grass (couch grass)”.
- Q3
How do you pronounce Çim?
- Çim, 1 syllable; IPA: /tʃim/.