Jahid (
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
: جاهِد ''jāhid'') is an Arabic name from the word which means "effort, strive" or "
endeavour" and stems from the Arabic verb ''jahada'' (
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
: َجَهَد) "to do effort to get something; be laborious; be perseverant; be sedulous; be serious". Notable people with this name include:
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Jahid Ali, Pakistani cricketer
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Jahid Ahmed, English cricketer
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Jahid Jahim
Jahid Jahim (born 29 May 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Cabinet of Sabah, State Minister of Rural Development of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor since Septembe ...
, Malaysian politician
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Jahid Javed, Bangladeshi cricketer
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Jahid Mohseni, Tajik businessman
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Jahid Nirob
Jahid Nirob () born 21 October 1994 is a Bangladeshi singer and composer best known as the member of the rock band Chirkutt. Nirob began his career when he participated in the contemporary reality show, Nescafe Get Set Rock in 2011, but gained wi ...
, Bangladeshi singer and composer
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Raid Jahid Fahmi
Raid Jahid Fahmi (; 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 born in Baghdad. His father was a ...
, Iraqi politician and economist
See also
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Jaahid Ali
Jaahid Shaukat Ali (born 5 March 1995) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for Karachi. He made his first-class debut on 26 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
In October 2017, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2017 Hong K ...
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