Given name · also Turkish
Cevdet
Cevdet is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Cevdet comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish جودت (Cevdet), from Arabic جَوْدَة; its root is Arabic ج و د.
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Cevdet’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Cevdet has a conventional equivalent in the Kurdish form Cewdet. In Ottoman Turkish usage, Cevdet is a Roman-alphabet rendering of جودت. In Turkish usage, Cevdet continues an earlier form in جودت.
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 Cevdet
- Cevdet Sunay5th President of the Republic of Turkey (1899–1982)
- Cevdet YılmazVice President of Turkeyborn 1967
- Cevdet Tahir BelbezOttoman governor1878–1955
- Xhevdet DodaYugoslavian partisan (1906–1945)
- Cevdet DermenciSoviet Crimean Tatar battalion commander1918–1985
- Cevdet KılıçlarTurkish journalist (1972–2010)
- Dzhevdet ChakarovBulgarian politicianborn 1960
- Cevdet SümerTurkish equestrian (1922–1967)
- Cevdet CanerAustrian entrepreneurborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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