Cahit is a
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given name for males. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word
Jahid Jahid (Arabic: جاهِد ''jāhid'') is an Arabic name from the word which means "effort, strive" or " endeavour" and stems from the Arabic verb ''jahada'' (Arabic: َجَهَد) "to do effort to get something be laborious; be perseverant; be sedu ...
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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 languages, 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 ...
: َ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
Cahit Arf (; 24 October 1910 – 26 December 1997) was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 (applied in knot theory and surgery theory) in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem ...
(1910–1997), Turkish mathematician
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Cahit Külebi
Cahit Külebi (20 December 1917, Tokat – 20 June 1997 Ankara) was a leading Turkish poet and author. He has an important place in contemporary Turkish poetry due to his attachment to folk poetry traditions. His poetry is enriched with simple yet ...
(1917–1997), Turkish poet
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Cahit Paşa
Cahit Paşa (born August 25, 1973 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a Turkish retired midfielder. in Turkish Super Liga. He also played for Bornovaspor, Kuşadasıspor, Efesspor, Kartalspor, Konyaspor, Karşıyaka S.K., Aksarayspor, Siirtspor, Yalo ...
(born 1973), Turkish footballer
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Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (born Hüseyin Cahit; October 4, 1910 – October 13, 1956) was a Turkish poet and author.
Biography
Tarancı belonged to a well known clan family of Diyarbekir (present day: Diyarbakır) like his father Pirinççi ...
(1910–1956), Turkish poet and author
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