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Odabaşı

Odabaşı /odabaˈʃɯ/ ASCII Odabasi

“Janissary officer; head servant”3

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

How do you pronounce Odabaşı?

Odabaşı

IPA /odabaˈʃɯ/

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

What does the surname Odabaşı mean?

Odabaşı literally means ‘head of the room’. In the Janissary corps an oda was the barracks unit of a company, and the odabaşı was one of its officers; in inns the head servant who looked after the guests was also called odabaşı.2,3

Grammar oda + baş + possessive -ı: ‘head of the room’, an indefinite noun compound.

Odabaşı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Odabaşı made of?

Odabaşı breaks into 2 parts: oda (room; Janissary barracks unit) + başı (head of).

Odabaşı ++ root oda room; Janissary barracksunit TURKIC odabaşı “head servant of an inn;an officer of the…” suffix başı head of TURKIC oda “room” Odabaşı oda root room; Janissary barracks unit odabaşı TURKIC “head servant of an inn; anofficer of the Janissary corps” başı suffix head of oda TURKIC “room”
Odabaşı: parts and root words
  • odabaşı Turkic — head servant of an inn; an officer of the Janissary corps3
  • oda Turkic — room2

How was the name Odabaşı formed?

Odabaşı belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames (oda + başı).

How else is Odabaşı spelled?

Odabaşspelling

Who are some well-known people named Odabaşı?

  1. Özan Anton Odabaşı basketball player 1995–
  2. Ferhat Odabaşı association football player 1983–
  3. İsmail Haktan Odabaşı association football player 1991–
  4. Tevfik Odabaşı amateur wrestler 1981–
  5. Nihat Odabaşı photographer 1968–
  6. Yılmaz Odabaşı writer 1962–
  7. Şerdil Dara Odabaşı politician 1973–
  8. Abdurrahman Odabaşı politician 1924–2002

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

How is Odabaşı written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Odabasi in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: odabaşı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: oda accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Odabaşı 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 Odabaşı

Q1

What does the surname Odabaşı mean?

Odabaşı literally means ‘head of the room’. In the Janissary corps an oda was the barracks unit of a company, and the odabaşı was one of its officers; in inns the head servant who looked after the guests was also called odabaşı.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Odabaşı?

The root word of Odabaşı is odabaşı (Turkic): “head servant of an inn; an officer of the Janissary corps”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Odabaşı?

O·da·ba·şı, 4 syllables; IPA: /odabaˈʃɯ/.