Given name · Arabic · Ottoman Turkish
جودت
“one who is superior”
جودت (jawdat) is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish.
Arabic and Ottoman TurkishWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Jawdat.
Meaning & origin
What it means
جودت is Jawdat written in Arabic script. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is superior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
جودت comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish جودت (cevdet), from Classical Persian جَودَت (jawdat), from Arabic جَوْدَة.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
جودت’s family of names
In Arabic usage, جودت can be written in the Roman alphabet as Jawdat. In Ottoman Turkish usage, جودت can be written in the Roman alphabet as CEVDET. In Persian usage, جودت has a conventional equivalent in the Kurdish form Cewdet.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
جودت has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere جودت comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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