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Kırmızıtaş

Kırmızıtaş /kɯɾmɯzɯˈtaʃ/ ASCII Kirmizitas

“red stone”1

Letters / syllables
10 / 4
Formation
Compound
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 Kırmızıtaş?

Kırmızıtaş

IPA /kɯɾmɯzɯˈtaʃ/

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

What does the surname Kırmızıtaş mean?

Kırmızıtaş combines kırmızı ‘red’ and taş ‘stone’: ‘red stone’. Taş comes from Old Turkic tāş. Kırmızı, according to Nişanyan, was borrowed from qirmizī, an Arabic and Persian word for a red dye obtained from an insect.1,2

Grammar kırmızı + taş.

That Kırmızıtaş goes back to kırmızı and taş is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Kırmızıtaş made of?

Kırmızıtaş breaks into 2 parts: kırmızı (red) + taş (stone).

Kırmızıtaş + root kırmızı red ARABIC kırmızı “vivid red dye; Arabicand Persian qirmizī” root taş stone TURKIC taş “stone” Kırmızıtaş kırmızı root red kırmızı ARABIC “vivid red dye; Arabic andPersian qirmizī” taş root stone taş TURKIC “stone”
Kırmızıtaş: parts and root words
  • kırmızı Arabic — vivid red dye; Arabic and Persian qirmizī1
  • taş Turkic — stone2

How was the name Kırmızıtaş formed?

Kırmızıtaş belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kırmızı + taş).

Which surnames are related to Kırmızıtaş?

Kırmızıtaş Aktaş Karataş Taş Altıntaş Demirtaş Taşdemir Taşçı Ertaş Göktaş Taşkıran Taştan Altuntaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aktaş same root 30 222,711
02 Karataş same root – –
03 Taş same root – –
04 Altıntaş same root – –
05 Demirtaş same root – –
06 Taşdemir same root – –
07 Taşçı same root – –
08 Ertaş same root – –
09 Göktaş same root – –
10 Taşkıran same root – –
11 Taştan same root – –
12 Altuntaş same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kırmızıtaş?

  1. Buğracan Kırmızıtaş association football player 1998–
  2. Süleyman Kırmızıtaş statesperson 1934–2015
  3. Ali Rıza Kırmızıtaş association football player 2003–
  4. Arif Kırmızıtaş researcher

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

How is Kırmızıtaş written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Kirmizitas.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kırmızı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: taş 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
  6. 6 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Kırmızıtaş

Q1

What does the surname Kırmızıtaş mean?

Kırmızıtaş combines kırmızı ‘red’ and taş ‘stone’: ‘red stone’. Taş comes from Old Turkic tāş. Kırmızı, according to Nişanyan, was borrowed from qirmizī, an Arabic and Persian word for a red dye obtained from an insect.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kırmızıtaş?

The root word of Kırmızıtaş is kırmızı (Turkic): “vivid red dye; Arabic and Persian qirmizī”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kırmızıtaş?

Kır·mı·zı·taş, 4 syllables; IPA: /kɯɾmɯzɯˈtaʃ/.