Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 4,090

Tabur

Tabur /taˈbuɾ/

“battalion”1

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

How do you pronounce Tabur?

Tabur

IPA /taˈbuɾ/

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

What does the surname Tabur mean?

Tabur is a battalion, a unit of four companies under a major; it once also meant ‘group, crowd’. According to Nişanyan, the word reached Ottoman Turkish from Hungarian tábor ‘camp’, which itself goes back through Kipchak and Chagatai dapkur ‘line of troops’ to Mongolian dabkur ‘row, layer’. There is also a village named Tabur in the Karataş district of Adana.1

Tabur is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Tabur made of?

Tabur is a single root: tabur (tabur: battalion).

Tabur root tabur tabur: battalion OTHER tábor “Hungarian: camp; fromKipchak and Mongolic” Tabur tabur root tabur: battalion tábor OTHER “Hungarian: camp; from Kipchakand Mongolic”
Tabur: parts and root words
  • tábor Other — Hungarian: camp; from Kipchak and Mongolic1

How was the name Tabur formed?

Tabur is the word tabur (“tabur: battalion”), taken unchanged as a surname.

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

Who are some well-known people named Tabur?

  1. Selma Tabur biologist

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

How is Tabur written and pronounced abroad?

The spelling Tabur is usually kept unchanged in foreign records; every letter is pronounced.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: tabur accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: tabur accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Tabur

Q1

What does the surname Tabur mean?

Tabur is a battalion, a unit of four companies under a major; it once also meant ‘group, crowd’. According to Nişanyan, the word reached Ottoman Turkish from Hungarian tábor ‘camp’, which itself goes back through Kipchak and Chagatai dapkur ‘line of troops’ to Mongolian dabkur ‘row, layer’. There is also a village named Tabur in the Karataş district of Adana.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tabur?

The root word of Tabur is tábor (another language): “Hungarian: camp; from Kipchak and Mongolic”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tabur?

Ta·bur, 2 syllables; IPA: /taˈbuɾ/.