SURNAMEEntry 3,700
Sadık
“loyal, truthful”1
- CategoryVirtue and integrity
- OriginArabic
- FormAdjective
- Letters / syllables
- 5 / 2
- Formation
- Adjective
- Vowel harmony
- back
- Initial
- S
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How do you pronounce Sadık?
The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.
What does the surname Sadık mean?
Sadık means loyal, faithful and truthful, and is a common male given name. It comes from Arabic ṣādiq ‘trustworthy, truthful’. Nişanyan notes that the name of Voltaire’s Zadig rests on a cognate Hebrew form.1
Sadık is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.
What is Sadık made of?
Sadık is a single Arabic root: sadık (loyal, faithful; truthful).
- sadık Arabic — trustworthy, truthful; Arabic ṣādiq1
How was the name Sadık formed?
Sadık is the adjective sadık (“loyal, faithful; truthful”), taken unchanged as a surname.
Is Sadık also a first name?
Yes. Sadık is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “loyal, truthful”.
Sadık as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →
How is Sadık written and pronounced abroad?
Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Sadik.
Where do these facts come from?
- 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: sadık
- 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Sadık
- 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525)
- 4 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com)
Common questions about Sadık
- Q1
What does the surname Sadık mean?
- Sadık means loyal, faithful and truthful, and is a common male given name. It comes from Arabic ṣādiq ‘trustworthy, truthful’. Nişanyan notes that the name of Voltaire’s Zadig rests on a cognate Hebrew form.
- Q2
What is the origin of the surname Sadık?
- The root word of Sadık is sadık (Arabic): “trustworthy, truthful; Arabic ṣādiq”.
- Q3
How do you pronounce Sadık?
- Sa·dık, 2 syllables; IPA: /saˈdɯk/.