Gültekin

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Gültekin is a Turkish male given name , which is interpreted in folk etymology as "rose prince" (from Persian gül , the rose and Turkish tekin, tegin, tigin , originally an old Turkish nobility title). In fact, the name goes back to the old Turkish statesman Kül Tigin , whose grave inscription from the 8th century was found on Orkhon in Mongolia . The name also occurs as a family name . In Azerbaijan , the form Gultekin occurs. Gültekin means "trustworthy person" according to the name dictionary of the Turkish language.

Name bearer

First name

  • Gültekin Emre (* 1951), Berlin homeland researcher, Turkish-speaking poet and translator
  • Gültekin Kaan (* 19 **), Turkish-born German rock musician and lyricist

family name

Individual evidence

  1. Gültekin on vornames-weltweit.de
  2. a b Wolfgang-Ekkehard Scharlipp: On the role of the old Turkish runic writing in the Turkish scholarly world. In: Materialia Turcica. Volume 17 1996, pp. 79-86, p. 84
  3. so for the origin also Gültekin in the name dictionary of the Turkish language (Turkish), which then omits the first part of the name in the explanation of the meaning
  4. Gultekin on vornamen-weltweit.de