Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Has

/has/

“pure, genuine; special”1

Letters / syllables
3 / 1
Formation
Adjective
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Initial
H
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Has?

Has

IPA /has/

What does the surname Has mean?

Has comes from Arabic ḫāṣṣ and means both ‘peculiar to someone’ and ‘pure, genuine’: has un ‘pure flour’, kendine has ‘all its own’. In Ottoman Turkish it also marked what belonged to the sultan. Nişanyan Adlar notes it in double names such as Has Polat and Has Hanım.1

Grammar Adjective borrowed from Arabic.

Has is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Has made of?

Has is a single Arabic root: has (peculiar to; pure, genuine).

Has root has peculiar to; pure,genuine ARABIC has “peculiar to; pure,genuine; belonging to…” Has has root peculiar to; pure, genuine has ARABIC “peculiar to; pure, genuine;belonging to the sovereign”
Has: parts and root words
  • has Arabic — peculiar to; pure, genuine; belonging to the sovereign1

How was the name Has formed?

Has is the adjective has (“peculiar to; pure, genuine”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Has?

Has Hasdemir Hasçelik Hastürk Hasgüler Haspolat
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Hasdemir same root – –
02 Hasçelik same root – –
03 Hastürk same root – –
04 Hasgüler same root – –
05 Haspolat same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Has?

  1. Şeref Has association football player 1936–2019
  2. Bekir Ozan Has association football player 1985–
  3. Kadir Has businessperson 1921–2007
  4. Hasan Has weightlifter 1960–
  5. İlyas Has businessperson 1945–1984
  6. Eren Has basketball player 2001–
  7. Recep Has researcher
  8. Yiğit İfet Has association football player 2007–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Has accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: has accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Has

Q1

What does the surname Has mean?

Has comes from Arabic ḫāṣṣ and means both ‘peculiar to someone’ and ‘pure, genuine’: has un ‘pure flour’, kendine has ‘all its own’. In Ottoman Turkish it also marked what belonged to the sultan. Nişanyan Adlar notes it in double names such as Has Polat and Has Hanım.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Has?

The root word of Has is has (Arabic): “peculiar to; pure, genuine; belonging to the sovereign”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Has?

Has, 1 syllable; IPA: /has/.