# Cahit

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'''Cahit''' is a [Turkish](/source/Turkish_language) given name for males. It is also used as a surname It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word [Jahid](/source/Jahid) ([Arabic](/source/Arabic): جاهِد ''jāhid''), which means "effort, strive" or "[endeavour](/source/Intention)" and stems from the Arabic verb ''jahada'' ([Arabic](/source/Arabic): َجَهَد) "to do effort to get something - be laborious; be perseverant; be sedulous; be serious". Notable people named Cahit include:

==First name==
* [Cahit Aral](/source/Cahit_Aral) (1927–2011), Turkish engineer and politician
* [Cahit Arf](/source/Cahit_Arf) (1910–1997), Turkish mathematician
* [Cahit Irgat](/source/Cahit_Irgat) (1915–1971), Turkish actor
* [Cahit Karakaş](/source/Cahit_Karaka%C5%9F) (1928–2025), Turkish engineer and politician
* [Cahit Kıraç](/source/Cahit_K%C4%B1ra%C3%A7) (born 1956), Turkish bureaucrat
* [Cahit Külebi](/source/Cahit_K%C3%BClebi) (1917–1997), Turkish poet
* [Cahit Ölmez](/source/Cahit_%C3%96lmez) (1963–2025), Turkish Dutch actor
* [Cahit Önel](/source/Cahit_%C3%96nel) (1927–1970), Turkish athlete
* [Cahit Ortaç](/source/Cahit_Orta%C3%A7) (1908–1980), Turkish politician
* [Cahit Özkan](/source/Cahit_%C3%96zkan) (born 1976), Turkish politician
* [Cahit Paşa](/source/Cahit_Pa%C5%9Fa) (born 1973), Turkish football player
* [Cahit Süme](/source/Cahit_S%C3%BCme) (born 1972), Turkish boxer
* [Cahit Talas](/source/Cahit_Talas) (1917–2006), Turkish academic
* [Cahit Tanyol](/source/Cahit_Tanyol) (1914–2020), Turkish writer and sociologist
* [Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı](/source/Cahit_S%C4%B1tk%C4%B1_Taranc%C4%B1) (1910–1956), Turkish poet and author
* [Cahit Zarifoğlu](/source/Cahit_Zarifo%C4%9Flu) (1940–1987), Turkish poet and writer

==Middle name==
* [Cemil Cahit Toydemir](/source/Cemil_Cahit_Toydemir) (1883–1956), Turkish army officer
* [Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın](/source/H%C3%BCseyin_Cahit_Yal%C3%A7%C4%B1n) (1874–1957), Turkish writer and politician
* [Mehmet Cahit Turhan](/source/Mehmet_Cahit_Turhan) (born 1960), Turkish engineer and civil servant

==Surname==
* [Neriman Cahit](/source/Neriman_Cahit) (born 1937), Turkish Cypriot poet and author

{{given name|type=both}}
Category:Turkish masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Surnames derived from given names

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