A Name Story by Houdhoud
تُونْج
Tunç
TOONJ
“Bronze.”
About Tunç
Tunç is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "bronze" — a Turkish name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Turkish for bronze.
Origin & roots
Origin
Turkish
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Tunc
Root letters
Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; Tunç's root letters sit at the seam.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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