Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kabasakal

Kabasakal /kabasaˈkaɫ/

“bushy-bearded”1

Letters / syllables
9 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Initial
K
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 Kabasakal?

Kabasakal

IPA /kabasaˈkaɫ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Kabasakal mean?

Kaba, “thick, bulky”, joins sakal, “beard”: “a thick, bushy beard”. The name is a nickname that picks out a person by a striking beard. Kaba here does not mean “rude” but “full, voluminous”. Kabasakal also occurs as a place name in Adana, Kahramanmaraş, Sivas and Trabzon.1,2

Grammar Compound: kaba (adjective) + sakal (noun).

That Kabasakal goes back to kaba and sakal is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Kabasakal made of?

Kabasakal breaks into 2 parts: kaba (kaba: thick, bulky; coarse) + sakal (sakal: beard).

Kabasakal + root kaba kaba: thick, bulky;coarse TURKIC kaba “thick, bulky;coarse-grained; rough” root sakal sakal: beard TURKIC sakal “beard” Kabasakal kaba root kaba: thick, bulky; coarse kaba TURKIC “thick, bulky; coarse-grained;rough” sakal root sakal: beard sakal TURKIC “beard”
Kabasakal: parts and root words
  • kaba Turkic — thick, bulky; coarse-grained; rough1
  • sakal Turkic — beard2

How was the name Kabasakal formed?

Kabasakal belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kaba + sakal).

Which surnames are related to Kabasakal?

Kabasakal Kaba Aksakal Sakallı Sakallıoğlu Kabaca Karasakal Sakal Aksakallı
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kaba same root – –
02 Aksakal same root – –
03 Sakallı same root – –
04 Sakallıoğlu same root – –
05 Kabaca same root – –
06 Karasakal same root – –
07 Sakal same root – –
08 Aksakallı same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kabasakal?

  1. Fatoş Kabasakal actor 1982–
  2. Melih Kabasakal association football player 1996–
  3. Aylin Kabasakal film actor 1975–
  4. Hayat Kabasakal academic
  5. Bekir Kabasakal researcher
  6. Burak Kabasakal researcher
  7. Esma Kabasakal researcher
  8. Levent Kabasakal researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kaba accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: sakal accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Kabasakal accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Kabasakal

Q1

What does the surname Kabasakal mean?

Kaba, “thick, bulky”, joins sakal, “beard”: “a thick, bushy beard”. The name is a nickname that picks out a person by a striking beard. Kaba here does not mean “rude” but “full, voluminous”. Kabasakal also occurs as a place name in Adana, Kahramanmaraş, Sivas and Trabzon.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kabasakal?

The root word of Kabasakal is kaba (Turkic): “thick, bulky; coarse-grained; rough”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kabasakal?

Ka·ba·sa·kal, 4 syllables; IPA: /kabasaˈkaɫ/.