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Nalçakan

Nalçakan /naɫtʃaˈkan/ ASCII Nalcakan

“farrier”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
back
Initial
N
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 Nalçakan?

Nalçakan

IPA /naɫtʃaˈkan/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Nalçakan mean?

Formed from nal ‘horseshoe’ and the participle of çakmak ‘to nail on’: ‘one who shoes horses’, a farrier. Nal comes, according to Nişanyan, from Arabic naʿl ‘sandal; horseshoe’; çakmak rests on Old Turkic çak- ‘to strike’.1,2

Grammar nal + çak- + -an (present participle).

That Nalçakan goes back to nal and çakmak is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Nalçakan made of?

Nalçakan breaks into 3 parts: nal (nal: horseshoe) + çak- (çakmak: to nail on) + -an (-an: present participle).

Nalçakan ++ root nal nal: horseshoe ARABIC nal “horseshoe” root çak- çakmak: to nail on TURKIC çakmak “to drive in, to nail” suffix -an -an: present participle Nalçakan nal root nal: horseshoe nal ARABIC “horseshoe” çak- root çakmak: to nail on çakmak TURKIC “to drive in, to nail” -an suffix -an: present participle
Nalçakan: parts and root words
  • nal Arabic — horseshoe1
  • çakmak Turkic — to drive in, to nail2

How was the name Nalçakan formed?

Nalçakan belongs to the “from a verb” class of surnames (nal + çak- + -an).

Which surnames are related to Nalçakan?

Nalçakan Çakmak Çakar Çakan Çakmakoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çakmak same root – –
02 Çakar same root – –
03 Çakan same root – –
04 Çakmakoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Nalçakan?

  1. Celil Nalçakan actor 1978–
  2. Ayşe Derin Nalçakan researcher

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

How is Nalçakan written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Nalcakan.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: nal accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çakmak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Nalçakan 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 Nalçakan

Q1

What does the surname Nalçakan mean?

Formed from nal ‘horseshoe’ and the participle of çakmak ‘to nail on’: ‘one who shoes horses’, a farrier. Nal comes, according to Nişanyan, from Arabic naʿl ‘sandal; horseshoe’; çakmak rests on Old Turkic çak- ‘to strike’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Nalçakan?

The root word of Nalçakan is nal (Turkic): “horseshoe”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Nalçakan?

Nal·ça·kan, 3 syllables; IPA: /naɫtʃaˈkan/.