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Yazıcı

Yazıcı /jazɯˈdʒɯ/ ASCII Yazici

“scribe, clerk”2

Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Y
Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Yazıcı?

Yazıcı

IPA /jazɯˈdʒɯ/

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

What does the surname Yazıcı mean?

Yazıcı once meant a scribe or clerk who handled written business; today it mostly means a computer printer. The word is formed from yazı, “writing”, and the occupational suffix -cı. It also appears in old family names such as Yazıcıoğlu.2,3

Grammar yazı + -cı (agent suffix).

Yazıcı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Yazıcı made of?

Yazıcı breaks into 2 parts: yazı (writing) + -cı (agent/occupation suffix).

Yazıcı ++ root yazı writing TURKIC yazı “writing, script” suffix -cı agent/occupation suffix TURKIC yazıcı “scribe, clerk; todayalso printer” Yazıcı yazı root writing yazı TURKIC “writing, script” -cı suffix agent/occupation suffix yazıcı TURKIC “scribe, clerk; today alsoprinter”
Yazıcı: parts and root words
  • yazı Turkic — writing, script2
  • yazıcı Turkic — scribe, clerk; today also printer3

How was the name Yazıcı formed?

Yazıcı belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (yazı + -cı).

Which surnames are related to Yazıcı?

Yazıcı Yazıcıoğlu Akyazı Özyazıcı
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Yazıcıoğlu same root – –
02 Akyazı same root – –
03 Özyazıcı same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Yazıcı most common?

Yazıcı is not first anywhere, but it is in the top three in 1 province: Rize.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin · rank 13 · 1,171 people Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize · rank 2 · 4,139 people Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon · rank 14 · 4,931 people Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the top three (#2–3) 1
  • In the province top 30 2
  • Not listed
Yazıcı: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Trabzon144,931
02Rize24,139
03Artvin131,171

Who are some well-known people named Yazıcı?

  1. Yusuf Yazıcı association football player 1997–
  2. Tahsin Yazıcı politician 1892–1970
  3. Hayati Yazıcı politician 1952–
  4. İpek Filiz Yazıcı actor 2001–
  5. Serap Yazıcı jurist 1963–
  6. Ali Nihat Yazıcı chess player 1964–
  7. Oğuzhan Yazıcı politician 1977–
  8. Tahsin Yazıcı university teacher 1922–2002

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

Is Yazıcı also a first name?

Yes. Yazıcı is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “scribe, clerk”.

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

How is Yazıcı written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Yazıcı is usually written Yazici. In Turkish the dotless ı is a back vowel close to the unstressed e of German bitte, not the i of English "it"; c is pronounced like English j in "jam", never as k or ts; y is a consonant, as in English "yes".

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: yazı accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: yazıcı accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Yazıcı

Q1

What does the surname Yazıcı mean?

Yazıcı once meant a scribe or clerk who handled written business; today it mostly means a computer printer. The word is formed from yazı, “writing”, and the occupational suffix -cı. It also appears in old family names such as Yazıcıoğlu.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yazıcı?

The root word of Yazıcı is yazı (Turkic): “writing, script”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yazıcı?

Ya·zı·cı, 3 syllables; IPA: /jazɯˈdʒɯ/.