Given name & surname · also Turkish

Cihangir

Cihangir is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Classical Persian. It is used in Turkish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cihangir comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Classical Persian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ottoman Turkish جهانگیر (Cihangir), from Classical Persian جهانگیر (jahāngīr).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cihangir’s family of names

Cihangir is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Җиһангир.

Walk Cihangir’s family in the name graph

CihangirҖиһангирJahangirJahongirجهانگیر

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Cihangir

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