Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kâhya

Kâhya /kaːhˈja/ ASCII Kahya

“steward, warden”2

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
K
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 Kâhya?

Kâhya

IPA /kaːhˈja/

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

What does the surname Kâhya mean?

Kâhya is the popular form of kethüda: the person who ran the affairs of a mansion, a farm, a craft guild or a village. It comes from Persian kad ‘house’ and χudā ‘master’, ‘master of the house’. Today it survives in uses such as otopark kâhyası ‘parking attendant’.1,2

Grammar Persian kadχudā > kethüda > kâhya.

Kâhya is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Kâhya made of?

Kâhya is a single root: kâhya (steward, warden).

Kâhya + root kâhya steward, warden PERSIAN kâhya “steward, caretaker; headof a guild” PERSIAN kadχudā “master of the house,steward” Kâhya kâhya root steward, warden kâhya PERSIAN “steward, caretaker; head of aguild” kadχudā PERSIAN “master of the house, steward”
Kâhya: parts and root words
  • kâhya Persian — steward, caretaker; head of a guild2
  • kadχudā Persian — master of the house, steward1

How was the name Kâhya formed?

Kâhya belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Kâhya?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kahyaoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kâhya?

  1. Ramazan Kahya association football player 1984–
  2. Ekrem Kahya association football player 1978–
  3. Abdülhadi Kahya statesperson 1969–
  4. Ayhan Kahya actor 1958–
  5. Göksel Kahya soldier 1963–
  6. Recep Kahya military officer 1873–1921
  7. Emre Onur Kahya researcher
  8. Ercan Kahya researcher

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

How is Kâhya written and pronounced abroad?

Records outside Türkiye that lack Turkish characters normally show it as Kahya.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kâhya accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kâhya 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 Kâhya

Q1

What does the surname Kâhya mean?

Kâhya is the popular form of kethüda: the person who ran the affairs of a mansion, a farm, a craft guild or a village. It comes from Persian kad ‘house’ and χudā ‘master’, ‘master of the house’. Today it survives in uses such as otopark kâhyası ‘parking attendant’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kâhya?

The root word of Kâhya is kâhya (Persian): “steward, caretaker; head of a guild”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kâhya?

Kâh·ya, 2 syllables; IPA: /kaːhˈja/.