Ajxhan
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آیجان (Aycan). Compare Turkish Aycan, Kyrgyz Айжан (Ayjan), Kazakh Айжан (Ayjan).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
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Aydin
From Turkish Aydın, from Ottoman Turkish آیدین (Aydın) named for Aydin Mehmet Bey, from آیدین (aydın, “light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated, intelligent”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Bajram
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیرام (bayrâm) (Modern Turkish bayram).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Büşra
From Turkish Büşra. From Arabic بُشْرَى (bušrā, “good news”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Cetin
From Turkish Çetin.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Effendi
Borrowed from Banjarese Effendi, from Turkish efendi.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Ekrem
Borrowed from Turkish Ekrem.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Erdoğan
Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Erdoğan.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Hüsna
From Turkish Hüsna.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Leya
Borrowed from Turkish Leya and Arabic لَيْيَا (layyā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mehmet
From Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed, Mehmet), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Muhammad, Mahomet, and Baphomet. From Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed), from Arabic…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Nedžad
Borrowed from Turkish Necat.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Recep
Borrowed from Turkish Recep. From Ottoman Turkish رجب (recep), from Arabic رَجَب (rajab).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends P
Seljuk
From Ottoman Turkish سلجوق (selcuk), ultimately from Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك (sälcük) attested in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك (Selcuk) attested in Mahmud…
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Tayyip
Borrowed from Turkish Tayyip. Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طیب (Tayyip), from Arabic طَيِّب (ṭayyib, “good”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends P
Timur
From Turkish Timur and other languages, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Volkan
From Turkish Volkan, ultimately from Latin Vulcanus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Zineta
Borrowed from Turkish Ziynet.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A