Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Dilâçar

Dilâçar /dilaːˈt͡ʃaɾ/ ASCII Dilacar

“opener of language”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
From a verb
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 Dilâçar?

Dilâçar

IPA /dilaːˈt͡ʃaɾ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Dilâçar mean?

Built from dil ‘language, tongue’ and açar, the aorist participle of açmak ‘to open’: ‘one who opens language’. Here dil is the Turkic word for ‘language’, not the homonymous Persian dil ‘heart’.1

Grammar dil + açar (aorist participle of açmak).

What is Dilâçar made of?

Dilâçar is Turkic in origin and breaks into 3 parts: dil (dil: tongue; language) + aç- (açmak: to open) + -ar (aorist participle).

Dilâçar ++ root dil dil: tongue; language TURKIC dil “tongue, language” root aç- açmak: to open TURKIC açmak “to open” suffix -ar aorist participle Dilâçar dil root dil: tongue; language dil TURKIC “tongue, language” aç- root açmak: to open açmak TURKIC “to open” -ar suffix aorist participle
Dilâçar: parts and root words
  • dil Turkic — tongue, language1
  • açmak Turkic — to open1

How was the name Dilâçar formed?

Dilâçar was formed by adding the suffix -ar (“aorist participle”) to the verb stem dil + aç-.

According to Turkish Wikipedia, the surname Dilâçar was given to the linguist Agop Dilâçar by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1934.2

Which surnames are related to Dilâçar?

Dilâçar Dilmen Erdil Özdil Dilligil Şendil Pakdil Tanyolaç Dilipak Çığıraçan Dilbilgen Gülaç Gülaçar
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Dilmen same root – –
02 Erdil same root – –
03 Özdil same root – –
04 Dilligil same root – –
05 Şendil same root – –
06 Pakdil same root – –
07 Tanyolaç same root – –
08 Dilipak same root – –
09 Çığıraçan same root – –
10 Dilbilgen same root – –
11 Gülaç same root – –
12 Gülaçar same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Dilâçar?

  1. Agop Dilaçar journalist 1895–1979

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

How is Dilâçar written and pronounced abroad?

Abroad the name is usually written Dilacar or Dilaçar; the circumflex is often dropped.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: dil accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Agop Dilâçar accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: dil accessed 9 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 Dilâçar

Q1

What does the surname Dilâçar mean?

Built from dil ‘language, tongue’ and açar, the aorist participle of açmak ‘to open’: ‘one who opens language’. Here dil is the Turkic word for ‘language’, not the homonymous Persian dil ‘heart’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Dilâçar?

Dilâçar is made up of two elements: dil “tongue, language” (Turkic) and açmak “to open” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Dilâçar?

Di·lâ·çar, 3 syllables; IPA: /dilaːˈt͡ʃaɾ/.