Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çıtak

Çıtak /tʃɯˈtak/ ASCII Citak

“mountain woodcutter; rough”3

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Adjective
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Ç
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 Çıtak?

Çıtak

IPA /tʃɯˈtak/

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

What does the surname Çıtak mean?

The dictionary gives çıtak two senses: a mountain dweller who lives by selling firewood, and a rough, ill-tempered, quarrelsome person. Nişanyan links it to çatak ‘clashing, quarrelsome’, from the verb çat-. The surname may come from a nickname or from one of the villages called Çıtak.1,3

Grammar Bare adjective; çatak > çıtak from the verb çat-.

Çıtak is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çıtak made of?

Çıtak is a single root: çıtak (mountain woodcutter; rough, quarrelsome).

Çıtak + root çıtak mountain woodcutter;rough, quarrelsome TURKIC çıtak “living in the mountainsby selling firewood;…” TURKIC çatak “clashing, quarrelsome” Çıtak çıtak root mountain woodcutter; rough,quarrelsome çıtak TURKIC “living in the mountains byselling firewood; rough,…” çatak TURKIC “clashing, quarrelsome”
Çıtak: parts and root words
  • çıtak Turkic — living in the mountains by selling firewood; rough, ill-tempered3
  • çatak Turkic — clashing, quarrelsome1

How was the name Çıtak formed?

Çıtak belongs to the “adjective” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Çıtak?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çatak same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çıtak?

  1. Hakan Çıtak association football player 1999–
  2. Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak sailor 2001–
  3. Dilan Çıtak singer 1989–
  4. Eda Çıtak basketball official
  5. Kuzey Çıtak racing driver 2007–
  6. Mahir Çıtak basketball official
  7. Agop Çıtak researcher
  8. Ferhat Çıtak researcher

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

How is Çıtak written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language documents it often appears as Citak. In Turkish, ç like “ch” in “church”; the dotless ı is an unrounded vowel close to the second vowel of “roses”.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çıtak accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çıtak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Çıtak 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
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çıtak

Q1

What does the surname Çıtak mean?

The dictionary gives çıtak two senses: a mountain dweller who lives by selling firewood, and a rough, ill-tempered, quarrelsome person. Nişanyan links it to çatak ‘clashing, quarrelsome’, from the verb çat-. The surname may come from a nickname or from one of the villages called Çıtak.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çıtak?

The root word of Çıtak is çıtak (Turkic): “living in the mountains by selling firewood; rough, ill-tempered”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çıtak?

Çı·tak, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃɯˈtak/.