Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karaşahin

Karaşahin /kaɾaʃaˈhin/ ASCII Karasahin

“black hawk”1

Letters / syllables
9 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Karaşahin?

Karaşahin

IPA /kaɾaʃaˈhin/

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

What does the surname Karaşahin mean?

Karaşahin combines kara ‘black; strong’ and şahin ‘hawk, falcon’: ‘black hawk’. Şahin is borrowed, according to Nişanyan, from Persian šāhīn ‘a bird of prey, falcon’; kara is Turkish.1

Grammar kara + şahin.

That Karaşahin goes back to kara and šāhīn is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Karaşahin made of?

Karaşahin breaks into 2 parts: kara (kara: black; strong) + şahin (şahin: hawk, falcon).

Karaşahin + root kara kara: black; strong TURKIC kara “black” root şahin şahin: hawk, falcon PERSIAN šāhīn “a bird of prey, falcon” Karaşahin kara root kara: black; strong kara TURKIC “black” şahin root şahin: hawk, falcon šāhīn PERSIAN “a bird of prey, falcon”
Karaşahin: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black1
  • šāhīn Persian — a bird of prey, falcon1

How was the name Karaşahin formed?

Karaşahin belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kara + şahin).

Which surnames are related to Karaşahin?

Karaşahin Şahin Kara Karataş Karahan Karaca Karakaş Karadağ Karakaya Karakoç Karaaslan Karagöz Baykara
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Şahin same root 6 688,214
02 Kara same root 16 290,024
03 Karataş same root – –
04 Karahan same root – –
05 Karaca same root – –
06 Karakaş same root – –
07 Karadağ same root – –
08 Karakaya same root – –
09 Karakoç same root – –
10 Karaaslan same root – –
11 Karagöz same root – –
12 Baykara same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Karaşahin?

  1. Aziz Karaşahin researcher
  2. Kazım Emre Karaşahin researcher
  3. Tahir Karaşahin researcher
  4. Ömer Karaşahin researcher

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

How is Karaşahin written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Karasahin.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: şahin accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Karaşahin

Q1

What does the surname Karaşahin mean?

Karaşahin combines kara ‘black; strong’ and şahin ‘hawk, falcon’: ‘black hawk’. Şahin is borrowed, according to Nişanyan, from Persian šāhīn ‘a bird of prey, falcon’; kara is Turkish.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karaşahin?

The root word of Karaşahin is kara (Persian): “black”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Karaşahin?

Ka·ra·şa·hin, 4 syllables; IPA: /kaɾaʃaˈhin/.