Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Salınmış

Salınmış /saɫɯnˈmɯʃ/ ASCII Salinmis

“swaying, stately”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
back
Initial
S
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 Salınmış?

Salınmış

IPA /saɫɯnˈmɯʃ/

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

What does the surname Salınmış mean?

Salınmak means to sway, to walk with a slow, graceful swing; salınmış is its -mış participle. The name has the look of an epithet for someone with a stately, swaying gait.1

Grammar sal- + reflexive -ın- + participle -mış.

That Salınmış goes back to salınmak is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Salınmış made of?

Salınmış is Turkic in origin and breaks into 3 parts: sal- (salmak: to let go, swing) + -ın (reflexive-passive suffix) + -mış (perfect participle).

Salınmış ++ root sal- salmak: to let go, swing TURKIC salınmak “to sway, walk with agraceful swing” suffix -ın reflexive-passive suffix suffix -mış perfect participle Salınmış sal- root salmak: to let go, swing salınmak TURKIC “to sway, walk with a gracefulswing” -ın suffix reflexive-passive suffix -mış suffix perfect participle
Salınmış: parts and root words
  • salınmak Turkic — to sway, walk with a graceful swing1

How was the name Salınmış formed?

Salınmış was formed by adding the suffix -ın (“reflexive-passive suffix”) to the verb stem sal- (“salmak: to let go, swing”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.3

Which surnames are related to Salınmış?

Salınmış Köksal Köksalan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Köksal same root – –
02 Köksalan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Salınmış?

  1. Hakan Salınmış actor 1964–

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

How is Salınmış written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language records ı is usually written i, ş becomes s (or sh), giving Salinmis.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: salmak accessed 9 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

Common questions about Salınmış

Q1

What does the surname Salınmış mean?

Salınmak means to sway, to walk with a slow, graceful swing; salınmış is its -mış participle. The name has the look of an epithet for someone with a stately, swaying gait.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Salınmış?

The root word of Salınmış is salınmak (Turkic): “to sway, walk with a graceful swing”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Salınmış?

Sa·lın·mış, 3 syllables; IPA: /saɫɯnˈmɯʃ/.