Given name & surname · also Turkish
Behçet
Behçet is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Behçet comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish بهجت (Behcet), from Arabic بَهْجَة; its root is Arabic ب ه ج.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Behçet’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
People named Behçet
- Behçet NecatigilTurkish translator and writer (1916–1979)
- Behçet Kemal ÇağlarTurkish poet and statesperson (1908–1969)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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