Jahid (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...

: جاهِد ''jāhid'') is an Arabic name from the word which means "effort, strive" or "

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" and stems from the Arabic verb ''jahada'' (

: َجَهَد) "to do effort to get something be laborious; be perseverant; be sedulous; be serious". Notable people with this name include: *

Jahid Ali Jahid Ali (born 5 March 1995) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Karachi. In October 2017, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2017 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes The 2017 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes was the nineteenth edition of th ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Jahid Ahmed Jahid Sheikh Ahmed ( bn, জাহিদ শেখ আহমেদ; born 20 February 1986) is an English former first-class cricketer. He played as a right-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Personal life Ahmed ...

, English cricketer *

Jahid Jahim Jahid Jahim (born 29 May 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since September 2020 and Member of t ...

, Malaysian politician *

Jahid Javed Jahid Javed (born 1 December 1995) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Rangpur Division in the 2013–14 National Cricket League on 30 January 2014. He made his List A debut for Agrani Bank Cricket Club in the 2017–1 ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer *

Jahid Mohseni Jahid Mohseni (born January 25, 1971), along with his brothers Saad and Zaid Mohseni and his sister Wajma Mohseni, established MOBY Group, Afghanistan's most diverse media company with interests in television, radio, print, web and directories, I ...

, Tajik businessman *

Jahid Nirob Jahid Nirob (জাহিদ নিরব) born 21 October 1994 is a Bangladeshi singer and music composer best known as the member of the rock band Chirkutt. Nirob began his career when he participated in the contemporary reality show, Nescaf ...

, Bangladeshi singer and composer *

Raid Jahid Fahmi Raid Jahid Fahmi ( ar, رائد جاهد فهمي ; born 1950) is an Iraqi politician and economist who served as Iraq's Minister of Science and Technology in the government of Nouri al-Maliki, from 2006 to 2010. Biography He is of Arab origin b ...

, Iraqi politician and economist

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