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Dağaşan

Dağaşan /daːˈʃan/ ASCII Dagasan

“mountain-crosser”2

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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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 Dağaşan?

Dağaşan

IPA /daːˈʃan/

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

What does the surname Dağaşan mean?

The name means ‘one who crosses the mountain’, from dağ ‘mountain’ and the participle of aşmak ‘to cross over’. Aşmak goes back to Old Turkic aş- ‘to pass over’. The image is of someone who overcomes obstacles.1,2

Grammar dağ + aş- + -an (present participle).

That Dağaşan goes back to dağ and aşmak is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Dağaşan made of?

Dağaşan breaks into 3 parts: dağ (dağ: mountain) + aş- (aşmak: to cross over) + -an (-an: present participle).

Dağaşan ++ root dağ dağ: mountain TURKIC dağ “mountain” root aş- aşmak: to cross over TURKIC aşmak “to cross over, surmount” suffix -an -an: present participle Dağaşan dağ root dağ: mountain dağ TURKIC “mountain” aş- root aşmak: to cross over aşmak TURKIC “to cross over, surmount” -an suffix -an: present participle
Dağaşan: parts and root words
  • dağ Turkic — mountain2
  • aşmak Turkic — to cross over, surmount1

How was the name Dağaşan formed?

Dağaşan belongs to the “from a verb” class of surnames (dağ + aş- + -an).

Which surnames are related to Dağaşan?

Dağaşan Karadağ Akdağ Üstündağ Dağ Dağlı Bozdağ Dağdelen Dağdeviren Aşan Demirdağ Altundağ Dağcı
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Karadağ same root – –
02 Akdağ same root – –
03 Üstündağ same root – –
04 Dağ same root – –
05 Dağlı same root – –
06 Bozdağ same root – –
07 Dağdelen same root – –
08 Dağdeviren same root – –
09 Aşan same root – –
10 Demirdağ same root – –
11 Altundağ same root – –
12 Dağcı same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Dağaşan?

  1. İbrahim Dağaşan association football player 1984–
  2. Muhlis Dağaşan association football player 2004–
  3. Tülay Dağaşan journalist

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

How is Dağaşan written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Dagasan.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: aşmak accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: dağ 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 Dağaşan

Q1

What does the surname Dağaşan mean?

The name means ‘one who crosses the mountain’, from dağ ‘mountain’ and the participle of aşmak ‘to cross over’. Aşmak goes back to Old Turkic aş- ‘to pass over’. The image is of someone who overcomes obstacles.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Dağaşan?

The root word of Dağaşan is dağ (Turkic): “mountain”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Dağaşan?

Da·ğa·şan, 3 syllables; IPA: /daːˈʃan/.