Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Koldaş

Koldaş /koɫˈdaʃ/ ASCII Koldas

“colleague, workmate”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Suffixed
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 Koldaş?

Koldaş

IPA /koɫˈdaʃ/

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

What does the surname Koldaş mean?

Koldaş means ‘colleague, workmate, one who works in the same team’. It is kol ‘arm; team’ with the suffix of fellowship -daş, also found in arkadaş ‘friend’ and yoldaş ‘companion’; the image is of people working shoulder to shoulder.1

Grammar kol + -daş: fellowship suffix.

Koldaş is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Koldaş made of?

Koldaş breaks into 2 parts: kol (arm; team, branch) + -daş (suffix of fellowship).

Koldaş + root kol arm; team, branch TURKIC koldaş “colleague, workmate” suffix -daş suffix of fellowship Koldaş kol root arm; team, branch koldaş TURKIC “colleague, workmate” -daş suffix suffix of fellowship
Koldaş: parts and root words
  • koldaş Turkic — colleague, workmate1

How was the name Koldaş formed?

Koldaş belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (kol + -daş).

Which surnames are related to Koldaş?

Koldaş Demirkol Kol Çelikkol Kolukısa Atakol Kolçak Kolcu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Demirkol same root – –
02 Kol same root – –
03 Çelikkol same root – –
04 Kolukısa same root – –
05 Atakol same root – –
06 Kolçak same root – –
07 Kolcu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Koldaş?

  1. Nihal Koldaş actor 1956–
  2. Mine Koldaş film actor 1960–
  3. Baha Koldaş politician 1891–1965
  4. Alpay Koldaş association football player 1997–
  5. Serkan Koldaş researcher

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

How is Koldaş written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Koldas.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: koldaş 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

Common questions about Koldaş

Q1

What does the surname Koldaş mean?

Koldaş means ‘colleague, workmate, one who works in the same team’. It is kol ‘arm; team’ with the suffix of fellowship -daş, also found in arkadaş ‘friend’ and yoldaş ‘companion’; the image is of people working shoulder to shoulder.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Koldaş?

The root word of Koldaş is koldaş (Turkic): “colleague, workmate”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Koldaş?

Kol·daş, 2 syllables; IPA: /koɫˈdaʃ/.