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Delibaş
“daring, headstrong”2
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How do you pronounce Delibaş?
The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.
What does the surname Delibaş mean?
Deli joins baş ‘head’: ‘wild head’, a daring, headstrong person. Besides ‘mad’, deli in Turkish also means ‘fearless, reckless’. In the dictionary delibaş is also the name of a disease of sheep and calves and of an unruly animal; the surname most likely comes from a nickname.1,2
Grammar Adjective-plus-noun compound: deli + baş.
That Delibaş goes back to delibaş and deli is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.
Delibaş is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.
How was the name Delibaş formed?
Delibaş was formed by adding the suffix baş (“head”) to deli (“mad; reckless, daring”).
Which surnames are related to Delibaş?
| # | Surname | Relation | Rank | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Delibalta | same root | – | – |
| 02 | Deligöz | same root | – | – |
| 03 | Deliorman | same root | – | – |
| 04 | Deli | same root | – | – |
| 05 | Delimustafaoğlu | same root | – | – |
| 06 | Deliömeroğlu | same root | – | – |
Who are some well-known people named Delibaş?
- Orhan Delibaş boxer 1971–
- Emirhan Delibaş association football player 2003–
- Dursun Hakan Delibaş researcher
- Mustafa Delibaş musician 1931–2002
- Namık Delibaş researcher
- Namık Delibaş researcher
- Songül Bayram Delibaş researcher
- Özcan Delibaş association football player
People surnamed Delibaş as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.
How is Delibaş written and pronounced abroad?
Records outside Türkiye that lack Turkish characters normally show it as Delibas.
Which surnames have a meaning similar to Delibaş?
Deli, Deligöz and Bezgin share gloss keywords with Delibaş within the same primary category.
Which guides add context to Delibaş?
Read the root, formation and register information for Delibaş alongside these guides: How Turkish Surnames Are Formed: Roots and Suffixes and How to Pronounce and Spell Turkish Surnames.
Where do these facts come from?
- 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: deli
- 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: delibaş
- 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: deli
- 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name
- 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525)
Common questions about Delibaş
- Q1
What does the surname Delibaş mean?
- Deli joins baş ‘head’: ‘wild head’, a daring, headstrong person. Besides ‘mad’, deli in Turkish also means ‘fearless, reckless’. In the dictionary delibaş is also the name of a disease of sheep and calves and of an unruly animal; the surname most likely comes from a nickname.
- Q2
What is the origin of the surname Delibaş?
- The root word of Delibaş is deli (Turkic): “mad; daring, reckless”.
- Q3
How do you pronounce Delibaş?
- De·li·baş, 3 syllables; IPA: /deliˈbaʃ/.