Given name & surname · also Turkish
Raşit
Raşit is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish and Turkmen.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Raşit comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish راشد (Râşid), from Arabic رَاشِد; its root is Arabic ر ش د.
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Raşit’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Raşit has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rashid. In Turkmen usage, Raşit has a related form in RASHIT. In Turkmen usage, Raşit has a related form in Ra¢it.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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 Raşit
- Raşit Meredowvice President of Turkmenistanborn 1960
- Raşit ÇetinerTurkish association football player and manager (born 1956)
- Rashit ShakurovRussian philologist1937–2024
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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