Cahit

Boy Turkish

Cahit is a boy name of Turkish origin.

Meaning of Cahit

It is also used as a surname It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jahid, which means "effort, strive" or "endeavour" and stems from the Arabic verb jahada "to do effort to get something - be laborious; be perseverant; be sedulous; be serious".

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