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Seğmen

Seğmen /seːˈmen/ ASCII Segmen

“mounted irregular; segban”1

Established origin Seğmen: root entries for sagbān · How do we know?

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How do you pronounce Seğmen?

Seğmen

IPA /seːˈmen/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Seğmen mean?

Seğmen goes back to the Ottoman segban, units who first kept the sultan’s hunting hounds and later became a class of mounted soldiers in the Janissary corps and the provinces. The word comes from Persian sagbān, from sag, “dog”, and -bān, “keeper”. Today the seğmen groups of the Ankara region keep the name alive in folk tradition.1

Seğmen is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Seğmen made of?

Seğmen is a single Persian root: seğmen (seğmen: mounted irregular; older segban).

Seğmen root seğmen seğmen: mountedirregular; older segban PERSIAN sagbān “dog keeper (sag ‘dog’ +-bān ‘keeper’)” Seğmen seğmen root seğmen: mounted irregular; oldersegban sagbān PERSIAN “dog keeper (sag ‘dog’ + -bān‘keeper’)”
Seğmen: parts and root words
  • sagbān Persian — dog keeper (sag “dog” + -bān “keeper”)1

How was the name Seğmen formed?

Seğmen is the word seğmen (“seğmen: mounted irregular; older segban”), taken unchanged as a surname.

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

Which surnames are related to Seğmen?

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01 Sekban same root – –

How is Seğmen written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language records it often appears as Segmen.

Which surnames have a meaning similar to Seğmen?

Sekban, Çeribashi and Demirsipahi share gloss keywords with Seğmen within the same primary category.

Which guides add context to Seğmen?

Read the root, formation and register information for Seğmen alongside these guides: How to Pronounce and Spell Turkish Surnames and How to research a Turkish surname and family tree.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: seğmen accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: segban accessed 9 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 Seğmen

Q1

What does the surname Seğmen mean?

Seğmen goes back to the Ottoman segban, units who first kept the sultan’s hunting hounds and later became a class of mounted soldiers in the Janissary corps and the provinces. The word comes from Persian sagbān, from sag, “dog”, and -bān, “keeper”. Today the seğmen groups of the Ankara region keep the name alive in folk tradition.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Seğmen?

The root word of Seğmen is sagbān (Persian): ‘dog keeper (sag “dog” + -bān “keeper”)’.
Q3

How do you pronounce Seğmen?

Seğ·men, 2 syllables; IPA: /seːˈmen/.