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1.       seanthegutsy
11 posts
 25 Apr 2012 Wed 10:15 am

Can someone tell me what does this suffix mean?

I saw it from that German show ; Turkish  for beginners (Türkisch für Anfänger)

 

Şişmanoğlu means Mrs. Fatso?

 

and also one of my friend´s surname is şahinoğlu

 

Thanks



Edited (4/25/2012) by seanthegutsy

2.       harp00n
3993 posts
 25 Apr 2012 Wed 10:51 am

 

Quoting seanthegutsy

Can someone tell me what does this suffix mean?

I saw it from that German show ; Turkish  for beginners (Türkisch für Anfänger)

 

Şişmanoğlu means Mrs. Fatso?

 

and also one of my friend´s surname is şahinoğlu

 

Thanks

 

We have many SURNAMEs like them in Turkey.

ŞİŞMANOĞLU = Son of fat

ŞAHİNOĞLU = Son of hawk 

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3.       Sir_Robalot
73 posts
 27 Apr 2012 Fri 02:40 pm

You´ll hear it a lot when parents speak about their son (oğlum). A single word that will let you understand a lot  

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