Given name · also Turkish
Cihat
“effort, struggle”
Cihat is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cihat goes back to Ottoman Turkish جهاد, meaning “effort, struggle.”
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Where it comes from
Cihat comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish جهاد (cihat), from Arabic جِهَاد.
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Cihat’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Cihat continues an earlier form in جهاد.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cihat
- Cihat ArmanTurkish association football player and manager (1915–1994)
- Cihat ArslanTurkish association football player (born 1970)
- Cihat ÇelikTurkish-Dutch association football player (born 1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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