Sülün

§1How do you pronounce Sülün?

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

§2What does the surname Sülün mean?

Sülün is the pheasant, the long-tailed game bird with shining plumage. The word goes back to Old Turkic süglin. In Turkish “sülün gibi”, like a pheasant, describes a slender, tall and graceful person; Sülün is also used as a girl’s name.¹

Grammar A simple noun.

Sülün is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

§3What is Sülün made of?

Sülün is a single Turkic root: sülün (pheasant).

• sülün Turkic — common pheasant, a long-tailed game bird¹
• sülün Turkic — Old Turkic süglin¹

§4How was the name Sülün formed?

Sülün is the word sülün (“pheasant”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.⁴

§5Who are some well-known people named Sülün?

1. Yasin Sülün association football player 1977–
2. Levent Sülün actor 1975–
3. Enis Sülün politician 1952–2017
4. Sinan Sülün author 1980–
5. Emre Sülün researcher

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

§6Is Sülün also a first name?

Yes. Sülün is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “pheasant; slender, graceful”.

Sülün as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

§8Common questions about Sülün

Q1

What does the surname Sülün mean?

Sülün is the pheasant, the long-tailed game bird with shining plumage. The word goes back to Old Turkic süglin. In Turkish “sülün gibi”, like a pheasant, describes a slender, tall and graceful person; Sülün is also used as a girl’s name.

Q2

What is the origin of the surname Sülün?

The root word of Sülün is sülün (Turkic): “common pheasant, a long-tailed game bird”.

Q3

How do you pronounce Sülün?

Sü·lün, 2 syllables; IPA: /syˈlyn/.