Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Dağdelenler

Dağdelenler /daːdelenˈleɾ/ ASCII Dagdelenler

“mountain-piercer; very strong”3

Letters / syllables
11 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
D
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 Dağdelenler?

Dağdelenler

IPA /daːdelenˈleɾ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Dağdelenler mean?

Dağdelen means “mountain-piercer”: dağ “mountain” joined to delen, the present participle of delmek “to pierce”. Such expressions are folk epithets of praise for someone of enormous strength; several villages in Türkiye also bear the name. The final -ler turns the epithet into a family name.2,3

Grammar dağ + del- + participle -en + plural -ler

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

What is Dağdelenler made of?

Dağdelenler is Turkic in origin and breaks into 4 parts: dağ (dağ: mountain) + del- (delmek: to pierce, bore) + -en (present participle) + -ler (plural suffix: family).

Dağdelenler +++ root dağ dağ: mountain TURKIC dağ “mountain” root del- delmek: to pierce, bore TURKIC delmek “to pierce, to borethrough” suffix -en present participle suffix -ler plural suffix: family Dağdelenler dağ root dağ: mountain dağ TURKIC “mountain” del- root delmek: to pierce, bore delmek TURKIC “to pierce, to bore through” -en suffix present participle -ler suffix plural suffix: family
Dağdelenler: parts and root words
  • dağ Turkic — mountain3
  • delmek Turkic — to pierce, to bore through2

How was the name Dağdelenler formed?

Dağdelenler was formed by adding the suffix -en (“present participle”) to dağ + del-.

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

Which surnames are related to Dağdelenler?

Dağdelenler Karadağ Akdağ Üstündağ Dağ Dağlı Bozdağ Dağdelen Dağdeviren Taşdelen 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 Taşdelen same root – –
10 Demirdağ same root – –
11 Altundağ same root – –
12 Dağcı same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Dağdelenler?

  1. Ezgi Dağdelenler volleyball player 1993–

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

How is Dağdelenler written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign documents the name is usually written Dagdelenler.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Dağdelen accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: delmek accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: dağ 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 Dağdelenler

Q1

What does the surname Dağdelenler mean?

Dağdelen means “mountain-piercer”: dağ “mountain” joined to delen, the present participle of delmek “to pierce”. Such expressions are folk epithets of praise for someone of enormous strength; several villages in Türkiye also bear the name. The final -ler turns the epithet into a family name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Dağdelenler?

Dağdelenler is made up of two elements: dağ “mountain” (Turkic) and delmek “to pierce, to bore through” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Dağdelenler?

Dağ·de·len·ler, 4 syllables; IPA: /daːdelenˈleɾ/.