Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 1,065

Çulcu

Çulcu /tʃuɫˈdʒu/ ASCII Culcu

“haircloth maker”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Ç
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 Çulcu?

Çulcu

IPA /tʃuɫˈdʒu/

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

What does the surname Çulcu mean?

A çulcu makes or sells çul, a coarse cloth usually woven from animal hair, and the animal covers made from it. Wiktionary traces çul to Persian joll or jūl ‘horse-cloth, saddlecloth’.1,2

Grammar çul + -cu.

Çulcu is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çulcu made of?

Çulcu breaks into 2 parts: çul (haircloth; horse blanket) + -cu (occupational suffix).

Çulcu ++ root çul haircloth; horse blanket TURKIC çulcu “maker or seller ofhaircloth” suffix -cu occupational suffix PERSIAN çul “haircloth; saddlecloth” Çulcu çul root haircloth; horse blanket çulcu TURKIC “maker or seller of haircloth” -cu suffix occupational suffix çul PERSIAN “haircloth; saddlecloth”
Çulcu: parts and root words
  • çulcu Turkic — maker or seller of haircloth1
  • çul Persian — haircloth; saddlecloth2

How was the name Çulcu formed?

Çulcu belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (çul + -cu).

Who are some well-known people named Çulcu?

  1. Bünyamin Çulcu association football player 1949–
  2. Mustafa Çulcu referee 1960–
  3. Murat Çulcu journalist 1950–2025

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

How is Çulcu written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Culcu in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çulcu accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çul 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
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çulcu

Q1

What does the surname Çulcu mean?

A çulcu makes or sells çul, a coarse cloth usually woven from animal hair, and the animal covers made from it. Wiktionary traces çul to Persian joll or jūl ‘horse-cloth, saddlecloth’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çulcu?

The root word of Çulcu is çulcu (Persian): “maker or seller of haircloth”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çulcu?

Çul·cu, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃuɫˈdʒu/.