Given name · also Turkish

Xhihan

“world, universe”

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

Meaning & origin

What it means

Xhihan goes back to Classical Persian جِهَان, meaning “world, universe.”

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Where it comes from

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

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ottoman Turkish جهان (cihan), from Classical Persian جِهَان (“world, universe”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Xhihan’s family of names

Xhihan was borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish form جهان.

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Xhihanجهان

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