Posted by Aydin But Misemaz doesn't mean anything in Turkish. In fact, if it were Turkish, it would be "misemez". Aydin --Previous Message--
on 9/14/2004, 8:57 pm, in reply to "Re: turkish surnames ending with -maz"
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The Turkish suffix maz/mez when added to the end of a verb generates an adjective with the opposite meaning of the verb. "Yilmak" means to give up, but "Yilmaz" means a person who is resolute, who won't give up whatever he/she may be doing.
: Kubilay Türkyilmaz (Swiss/Turkey footballer) -
: does it mean Türk Yilmaz? What is
: "Yilmaz"? It's very common surname
: as I see.
: I am trying to find possible turkish origin
: of surname (read it in English) Misemaz.
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: Can you give some specific examples?
: Aydin
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: What is the origin of such surnames?
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