Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çıplak

Çıplak /tʃɯpˈɫak/ ASCII Ciplak

“bare”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Adjective
Vowel harmony
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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 Çıplak?

Çıplak

IPA /tʃɯpˈɫak/

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

What does the surname Çıplak mean?

Çıplak means ‘bare, uncovered’; the dictionary also gives ‘leafless (tree)’, ‘hairless (head)’ and ‘unfurnished (room)’. Villages named Çıplak exist in Çanakkale and Mardin. As a surname it belongs with descriptive nicknames.1

Çıplak is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çıplak made of?

Çıplak is a single Turkic root: çıplak (çıplak: bare, naked).

Çıplak root çıplak çıplak: bare, naked TURKIC çıplak “bare, naked; leafless;empty” Çıplak çıplak root çıplak: bare, naked çıplak TURKIC “bare, naked; leafless; empty”
Çıplak: parts and root words
  • çıplak Turkic — bare, naked; leafless; empty1

How was the name Çıplak formed?

Çıplak is the adjective çıplak (“çıplak: bare, naked”), taken unchanged as a surname.

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

Who are some well-known people named Çıplak?

  1. Fatih Çıplak association football player 1994–
  2. Cengiz Çıplak ice hockey player 1983–
  3. Battal Çıplak entomologist

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

How is Çıplak written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is usually written Ciplak.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çıplak accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çıplak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çıplak 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

Common questions about Çıplak

Q1

What does the surname Çıplak mean?

Çıplak means ‘bare, uncovered’; the dictionary also gives ‘leafless (tree)’, ‘hairless (head)’ and ‘unfurnished (room)’. Villages named Çıplak exist in Çanakkale and Mardin. As a surname it belongs with descriptive nicknames.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çıplak?

The root word of Çıplak is çıplak (Turkic): “bare, naked; leafless; empty”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çıplak?

Çıp·lak, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃɯpˈɫak/.