Bahadır is a common masculine
Turkish given name
A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full ...
. In Turkish, "Bahadır" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant".
This name is written with a dotless ı. It appears as BAHADIR in uppercase and bahadır in lowercase.
Related names
Bahadır is the modern version of "
Baghatur
Baghatur is a historical Turkic and Mongolic honorific title, in origin a term for "hero" or "valiant warrior". The Papal envoy Plano Carpini ( 1185–1252) compared the title with the equivalent of European Knighthood.
The word was common am ...
".
On the other hand, Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" and is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people. Moreover, Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as Batur, and as in other cognate forms.
Equivalents
* Arabic: Bahadur (بهادر)
* Georgian: Baadur (ბაადურ)
* Persian: Bahadur (بهادر)
* Urdu: Bahadur (بہادر)
* Turkmen: Batyr
Other Relations
* History: Modu (Possibly a Middle Chinese form (冒頓) of the old Turkic honorific title "bagatur".)
* Turkish: Mete (Turkish form of Modu.)
* Caucasian Mythology: Batraz (Possibly from Turkic "bagatur". This is the name of the leader of the superhuman Narts in Caucasian mythology.)
* Ossetian: Batraz (Батырадз)
Notable people with the name
Given name
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Bahadır Akkuzu (1955–2009), Turkish musician
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Bahadır Alkım (1915–1981), Turkish archaeologist
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Bahadır Demir
Bahadır is a common masculine Turkish name, Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Bahadır" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant".
This name is written with a dotless ı. It appears as BAHADIR in uppercase and bahadır in low ...
(1942–1973), Turkish assassinated diplomat
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Bahadır Gökay (born 1955), Turkish painter
Surname
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Abulghazi Bahadur, ruler of the Khanate of Khiva
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Oğuzhan Bahadır (born 1979), Turkish football goalkeeper
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Turgay Bahadır (born 1984), Turkish-Austrian footballer
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Turkish-language surnames
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