Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Taşar

Taşar /taˈʃaɾ/ ASCII Tasar

“overflowing, exuberant”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
back
Initial
T
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Taşar?

Taşar

IPA /taˈʃaɾ/

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

What does the surname Taşar mean?

Taşar is the aorist of taşmak ‘to overflow’: ‘he overflows, he cannot be contained’. Like a river bursting its banks, it describes an exuberant nature. It is also recorded as a male given name.1,2

Grammar taş- + -ar: aorist.

That Taşar goes back to taşmak and Taşar is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Taşar made of?

Taşar breaks into 2 parts: taş- (taşmak: to overflow) + -ar (aorist).

Taşar ++ root taş- taşmak: to overflow TURKIC taşmak “taşar: aorist of taşmak‘to overflow’” suffix -ar aorist TURKIC Taşar “male given name” Taşar taş- root taşmak: to overflow taşmak TURKIC “taşar: aorist of taşmak ‘tooverflow’” -ar suffix aorist Taşar TURKIC “male given name”
Taşar: parts and root words
  • taşmak Turkic — taşar: aorist of taşmak ‘to overflow’1
  • Taşar Turkic — male given name2

How was the name Taşar formed?

Taşar belongs to the “from a verb” class of surnames (taş- + -ar).

Which surnames are related to Taşar?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Taşkın same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Taşar?

  1. Mustafa Rüştü Taşar politician 1951–2007
  2. Ahmet Taşar filmmaker 1976–
  3. Cemal Taşar politician 1963–
  4. Gani Erhan Taşar entomologist
  5. Ceren Öcal Taşar researcher
  6. Eren Taşar university teacher 1978–
  7. Medine Ayşin Taşar researcher
  8. Mehmet Taşar researcher

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

Is Taşar also a first name?

Yes. Taşar is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “overflowing, exuberant”.

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

How is Taşar written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Tasar.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: taşmak accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Taşar 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
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Taşar

Q1

What does the surname Taşar mean?

Taşar is the aorist of taşmak ‘to overflow’: ‘he overflows, he cannot be contained’. Like a river bursting its banks, it describes an exuberant nature. It is also recorded as a male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Taşar?

The root word of Taşar is taşmak (Turkic): “taşar: aorist of taşmak ‘to overflow’”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Taşar?

Ta·şar, 2 syllables; IPA: /taˈʃaɾ/.