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Odabaş

Odabaş /odaˈbaʃ/ ASCII Odabas

“head of the rooms, inn steward”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Odabaş?

Odabaş

IPA /odaˈbaʃ/

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

What does the surname Odabaş mean?

Odabaş is a shortened form of the title odabaşı. An odabaşı was the man in charge of the rooms and servants of an inn, and in the janissary corps an officer who ran a unit’s ceremonies. Oda ‘room’ shares its root with Old Turkic otağ ‘tent’.1,2

Grammar oda + baş(ı): compound with the possessive ending dropped.

What is Odabaş made of?

Odabaş breaks into 2 parts: oda (room; janissary barracks) + baş (head, chief).

Odabaş + root oda room; janissary barracks TURKIC odabaşı “head servant of an inn;janissary officer” root baş head, chief TURKIC oda “room, chamber” Odabaş oda root room; janissary barracks odabaşı TURKIC “head servant of an inn;janissary officer” baş root head, chief oda TURKIC “room, chamber”
Odabaş: parts and root words
  • odabaşı Turkic — head servant of an inn; janissary officer1
  • oda Turkic — room, chamber2

How was the name Odabaş formed?

Odabaş belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (oda + baş).

Which surnames are related to Odabaş?

Odabaş Akbaş Baş Subaşı Başer Kocabaş Erbaş Baştürk Demirbaş Başkan Başoğlu Yüzbaşıoğlu Sarıbaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akbaş same root – –
02 Baş same root – –
03 Subaşı same root – –
04 Başer same root – –
05 Kocabaş same root – –
06 Erbaş same root – –
07 Baştürk same root – –
08 Demirbaş same root – –
09 Başkan same root – –
10 Başoğlu same root – –
11 Yüzbaşıoğlu same root – –
12 Sarıbaş same root – –

How else is Odabaş spelled?

Odabaşıspelling

Who are some well-known people named Odabaş?

  1. Barış Odabaş association football player 1991–
  2. Ruhan Odabaş poet 1948–
  3. Yusuf Odabaş politician 1952–
  4. Ünal Odabaş association football player 1974–
  5. Faruk Ömer Odabaş researcher
  6. Hatice Odabaş researcher
  7. Meltem Odabaş researcher
  8. Sedat Odabaş researcher

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

How is Odabaş written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Odabas.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: odabaşı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: oda 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 Odabaş

Q1

What does the surname Odabaş mean?

Odabaş is a shortened form of the title odabaşı. An odabaşı was the man in charge of the rooms and servants of an inn, and in the janissary corps an officer who ran a unit’s ceremonies. Oda ‘room’ shares its root with Old Turkic otağ ‘tent’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Odabaş?

The root word of Odabaş is odabaşı (Turkic): “head servant of an inn; janissary officer”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Odabaş?

O·da·baş, 3 syllables; IPA: /odaˈbaʃ/.