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Eğri

Eğri /eːˈɾi/ ASCII Egri

“crooked, bent”1

Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Adjective
Vowel harmony
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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 Eğri?

Eğri

IPA /eːˈɾi/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Eğri mean?

Eğri means ‘crooked, bent, curved’, and figuratively ‘not straight, not right’. Nişanyan traces it to Old Turkic egri ‘curved’, from egir- ‘to turn, twist’. In Ottoman sources Eğri is also the name of the Hungarian fortress town of Eger.1

Eğri is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Eğri made of?

Eğri is a single Turkic root: eğri (crooked, bent).

Eğri root eğri crooked, bent TURKIC eğri “bent, curved” Eğri eğri root crooked, bent eğri TURKIC “bent, curved”
Eğri: parts and root words
  • eğri Turkic — bent, curved1

How was the name Eğri formed?

Eğri is the adjective eğri (“crooked, bent”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.3

Which surnames are related to Eğri?

Eğri Eğribayat Eğridere Eğrikavuk Eğrilmez
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Eğribayat same root – –
02 Eğridere same root – –
03 Eğrikavuk same root – –
04 Eğrilmez same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Eğri?

  1. Volkan Eğri association football player 1998–
  2. Özlem Eğri researcher

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

How is Eğri written and pronounced abroad?

In records outside Turkey the name usually appears as Egri: ğ, which is silent and lengthens the preceding vowel, becomes g.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: eğri accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Eğri

Q1

What does the surname Eğri mean?

Eğri means ‘crooked, bent, curved’, and figuratively ‘not straight, not right’. Nişanyan traces it to Old Turkic egri ‘curved’, from egir- ‘to turn, twist’. In Ottoman sources Eğri is also the name of the Hungarian fortress town of Eger.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Eğri?

The root word of Eğri is eğri (Turkic): “bent, curved”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Eğri?

Eğ·ri, 2 syllables; IPA: /eːˈɾi/.