Jump to content

Atasagun

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Atasagun is a Turkic word referring to the chief physician.[1] The word is used in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk with this meaning.[2] It began to be used as a surname when Turkification attempts started shortly after the foundation of the Republic of Turkey.[1]

Notable people with the surname are as follows:

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Hamza Zülfikar (January 2014). "Fark Edilmeyen Türkçedeki Oldubittiler" (PDF). Türk Dili (in Turkish). CVI (745): 25.
  2. ^ Varis Abdurrahman (2003). "Tarihi Türk Şehri Balasagun Hakkında Yeni İncelemeler". Belleten (in Turkish). 67 (250): 771–780. doi:10.37879/belleten.2003.771.