Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Eczacıbaşı

Eczacıbaşı /edʒzadʒɯbaˈʃɯ/ ASCII Eczacibasi

“chief pharmacist”1

Letters / syllables
10 / 5
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
E
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 Eczacıbaşı?

Eczacıbaşı

IPA /edʒzadʒɯbaˈʃɯ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 5 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Eczacıbaşı mean?

Eczacıbaşı means ‘chief pharmacist’: eczacı ‘pharmacist’, from Arabic ecza ‘drugs, medicines’, joined with başı ‘head of’. It is a well-known case of a title turned directly into a surname.1,2

Grammar eczacı + baş + -ı: indefinite noun compound.

What is Eczacıbaşı made of?

Eczacıbaşı breaks into 2 parts: eczacı (pharmacist) + başı (head, chief).

Eczacıbaşı ++ root eczacı pharmacist ARABIC eczacı “pharmacist; ecza (Arabic‘drugs’) + -cı” suffix başı head, chief TURKIC baş “head; chief” Eczacıbaşı eczacı root pharmacist eczacı ARABIC “pharmacist; ecza (Arabic‘drugs’) + -cı” başı suffix head, chief baş TURKIC “head; chief”
Eczacıbaşı: parts and root words
  • eczacı Arabic — pharmacist; ecza (Arabic ‘drugs’) + -cı1
  • baş Turkic — head; chief2

How was the name Eczacıbaşı formed?

Eczacıbaşı belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (eczacı + başı).

The surname goes back to Süleyman Ferit Eczacıbaşı (1885–1973), who graduated from the Istanbul School of Pharmacy in 1903 and opened Izmir’s first Turkish-owned pharmacy. According to the Istanbul Ansiklopedisi, the Izmir provincial council gave him the lifelong title ‘Chief Pharmacist of Izmir’, and when the Surname Law was passed the governor of Izmir granted him that title as his surname. The family later founded one of Türkiye’s well-known industrial groups.3,4

Which surnames are related to Eczacıbaşı?

Eczacıbaşı Akbaş Baş Subaşı Başer Kocabaş Erbaş Baştürk Demirbaş Başkan Başoğlu Yüzbaşıoğlu Odabaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akbaş same root – –
02 Baş same root – –
03 Subaşı same root – –
04 Başer same root – –
05 Kocabaş same root – –
06 Erbaş same root – –
07 Baştürk same root – –
08 Demirbaş same root – –
09 Başkan same root – –
10 Başoğlu same root – –
11 Yüzbaşıoğlu same root – –
12 Odabaş same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Eczacıbaşı?

  1. Bülent Eczacıbaşı businessperson 1949–
  2. Faruk Eczacıbaşı businessperson 1954–
  3. Nejat Eczacıbaşı chemist 1913–1993
  4. Oya Eczacıbaşı philanthropist 1959–
  5. Şakir Eczacıbaşı photographer 1929–2010
  6. Füsun Eczacıbaşı architect 2000–
  7. Süleyman Ferit Eczacıbaşı pharmacist 1885–1973

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

How is Eczacıbaşı written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Eczacibasi.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: eczacı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: baş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 istanbulansiklopedisi.org istanbulansiklopedisi.org: 9471 accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wikipedia: Eczacıbaşı family accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Eczacıbaşı

Q1

What does the surname Eczacıbaşı mean?

Eczacıbaşı means ‘chief pharmacist’: eczacı ‘pharmacist’, from Arabic ecza ‘drugs, medicines’, joined with başı ‘head of’. It is a well-known case of a title turned directly into a surname.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Eczacıbaşı?

The root word of Eczacıbaşı is eczacı (Turkic): “pharmacist; ecza (Arabic ‘drugs’) + -cı”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Eczacıbaşı?

Ec·za·cı·ba·şı, 5 syllables; IPA: /edʒzadʒɯbaˈʃɯ/.