Given name & surname · also Turkish

Bahtiyar

Bahtiyar is a unisex given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Persian. It is used in Turkish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bahtiyar comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Persian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ottoman Turkish ﺑﺨﺘﻴﺎﺭ, from Persian بختیار (baxtiâr), built from Turkish baht + yâr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Persian

Baloch

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Persian · Nature

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“star”

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Persian

Bastani

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Persian

Bagheri

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Persian

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Persian

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Persian

Behram

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99% boys · 1% girls

Persian

Bexda

“given”

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