Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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İlgezdi

İlgezdi /ilɟezˈdi/ ASCII Ilgezdi

“he roamed the land”2

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
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Initial
İ
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 İlgezdi?

İlgezdi

IPA /ilɟezˈdi/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname İlgezdi mean?

A sentence name made of il ‘country, land’ and the past tense of gezmek ‘to roam’: ‘he travelled the land’. It follows the pattern of surnames with an inflected verb such as Ünaldı. İl has meant ‘country, realm’ since Old Turkic.1,2

Grammar il + gez- + -di (simple past, 3rd person singular).

That İlgezdi goes back to il and gezmek is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is İlgezdi made of?

İlgezdi breaks into 3 parts: il (il: country, land) + gez- (gezmek: to travel, roam) + -di (-di: past tense).

İlgezdi ++ root il il: country, land TURKIC il “country, realm; province” root gez- gezmek: to travel, roam TURKIC gezmek “to travel about, roam” suffix -di -di: past tense İlgezdi il root il: country, land il TURKIC “country, realm; province” gez- root gezmek: to travel, roam gezmek TURKIC “to travel about, roam” -di suffix -di: past tense
İlgezdi: parts and root words
  • il Turkic — country, realm; province2
  • gezmek Turkic — to travel about, roam1

How was the name İlgezdi formed?

İlgezdi belongs to the “from a verb” class of surnames (il + gez- + -di).

Which surnames are related to İlgezdi?

İlgezdi Gezer Gezgin Gezmiş Gezici Ergezen Gezen
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Gezer same root – –
02 Gezgin same root – –
03 Gezmiş same root – –
04 Gezici same root – –
05 Ergezen same root – –
06 Gezen same root – –

Who are some well-known people named İlgezdi?

  1. Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi politician 1969–
  2. Battal İlgezdi politician 1959–
  3. Gökay İlgezdi karateka

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: gezmek accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: il 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
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about İlgezdi

Q1

What does the surname İlgezdi mean?

A sentence name made of il ‘country, land’ and the past tense of gezmek ‘to roam’: ‘he travelled the land’. It follows the pattern of surnames with an inflected verb such as Ünaldı. İl has meant ‘country, realm’ since Old Turkic.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname İlgezdi?

The root word of İlgezdi is il (Turkic): “country, realm; province”.
Q3

How do you pronounce İlgezdi?

İl·gez·di, 3 syllables; IPA: /ilɟezˈdi/.