SURNAMEEntry 1,452
Fırıncı
Fırıncı /fɯɾɯnˈd͡ʒɯ/ ASCII Firinci
“baker”1
- CategoryFood, market and trade
- OriginArabic
- FormSuffixed
- Letters / syllables
- 7 / 3
- Formation
- Suffixed
- Vowel harmony
- back
- Initial
- F
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How do you pronounce Fırıncı?
Fırıncı
The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.
What does the surname Fırıncı mean?
A fırıncı is a baker who bakes and sells bread in an oven. Nişanyan derives fırın from Arabic furn ‘bread or cooking oven’, which goes back through Medieval Greek fournos to Latin furnus.1
Grammar fırın + -cı.
Fırıncı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.
What is Fırıncı made of?
Fırıncı breaks into 2 parts: fırın (fırın: oven, bakery) + -cı (-cı: occupational suffix).
- furn Arabic — bread or cooking oven; from Medieval Greek and Latin1
How was the name Fırıncı formed?
Fırıncı belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (fırın + -cı).
Who are some well-known people named Fırıncı?
- Cansu Fırıncı actor 1982–
- Erkan Fırıncı researcher
- Seçkin Batuhan Fırıncı association football player 2005–
People surnamed Fırıncı as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.
How is Fırıncı written and pronounced abroad?
In foreign records the name often appears as Firinci.
Where do these facts come from?
- 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: fırın
- 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name
- 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525)
- 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759)
Common questions about Fırıncı
- Q1
What does the surname Fırıncı mean?
- A fırıncı is a baker who bakes and sells bread in an oven. Nişanyan derives fırın from Arabic furn ‘bread or cooking oven’, which goes back through Medieval Greek fournos to Latin furnus.
- Q2
What is the origin of the surname Fırıncı?
- The root word of Fırıncı is furn (Arabic): “bread or cooking oven; from Medieval Greek and Latin”.
- Q3
How do you pronounce Fırıncı?
- Fı·rın·cı, 3 syllables; IPA: /fɯɾɯnˈd͡ʒɯ/.