SURNAMEEntry 1,248
Dündar
“rear guard”2
- CategoryMilitary ranks and roles
- OriginPersian
- FormPlain noun
- Letters / syllables
- 6 / 2
- Formation
- Plain noun
- Vowel harmony
- mixed
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How do you pronounce Dündar?
The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.
What does the surname Dündar mean?
Dündar is the Turkish shape of Persian dumdār: dum “tail” plus -dār “holding”, the soldier or unit that guards the back of an army, the “rear guard”. Nişanyan Adlar glosses the name as “rear guard, one who follows” and notes that Aşıkpaşazade’s chronicle gives it as the name of Ertuğrul Gazi’s brother.2
Grammar Persian dum “tail” + -dār “holding”; Turkish forms dümdar and dündar.
That Dündar goes back to dumdār is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.
What is Dündar made of?
Dündar breaks into 2 parts: dün (Persian dum: tail) + -dar (Persian -dār: holding).
- dumdār Persian — tailed, holding the tail; rear guard2
How was the name Dündar formed?
Dündar belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames (dün + -dar).
Where in Türkiye is Dündar most common?
Dündar is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 19th in Siirt.1
- In the province top 30 1
- Not listed
| # | Province | Rank | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Siirt | 19 | 1,668 |
Who are some well-known people named Dündar?
- Can Dündar screenwriter 1961–
- Uğur Dündar television presenter 1943–
- Ümit Dündar soldier 1955–
- Fuat Dündar historian 1971–
- Munis Dündar researcher 1961–
- Hüseyin Dündar boxer 1986–
- Erkan Dündar amateur wrestler 1978–
- Ali Dündar author 1924–2020
People surnamed Dündar as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.
Is Dündar also a first name?
Yes. Dündar is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “rear guard”.
Dündar as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →
How is Dündar written and pronounced abroad?
In Dündar, ö and ü are often written oe and ue abroad.
Where do these facts come from?
- 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
- 2 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Dündar
- 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: dümdar
- 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)
- 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759)
- 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries
- 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com)
Common questions about Dündar
- Q1
What does the surname Dündar mean?
- Dündar is the Turkish shape of Persian dumdār: dum “tail” plus -dār “holding”, the soldier or unit that guards the back of an army, the “rear guard”. Nişanyan Adlar glosses the name as “rear guard, one who follows” and notes that Aşıkpaşazade’s chronicle gives it as the name of Ertuğrul Gazi’s brother.
- Q2
What is the origin of the surname Dündar?
- The root word of Dündar is dumdār (Persian): “tailed, holding the tail; rear guard”.
- Q3
How do you pronounce Dündar?
- Dün·dar, 2 syllables; IPA: /dynˈdaɾ/.