Cahit is a
Turkish given name for males. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word
Jahid (
Arabic
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: جاهِد ''jāhid''), which means "effort, strive" or "
endeavour" and stems from the Arabic verb ''jahada'' (
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; Walter ...
: َجَهَد) "to do effort to get something - be laborious; be perseverant; be sedulous; be serious".
People named Cahit include:
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Cahit Arf (1910–1997), Turkish mathematician
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Cahit Külebi (1917–1997), Turkish poet
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Cahit Paşa (born 1973), Turkish footballer
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Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (1910–1956), Turkish poet and author
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Cahit Kayaoğlu, Turkish Actor (Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu)
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Turkish masculine given names