Ferit is a Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name
Farid
Farid (Arabic: فَرِيد ''fariyd'', ''farīd''), also spelt Fareed or Ferid and accented Férid, is an Arabic and Persian masculine personal name or surname meaning "unique, singular ("the One"), incomparable". For many communities, including i ...
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فَرِيد ''fariyd'', ''farīd'') meaning "unique, singular ("the One"), incomparable". The name is also found in Albania and Macedonia.
People named Ferit include:
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Ferit Hoxha
Ferit Hoxha (born 22 February 1967 in Koplik, Albania) is the Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, in New York City. He previously served in the role from 2009 to 2015, was succeeded by Besiana Kadare, and again assumed t ...
, Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations
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Ferit Melen
Ferit Sadi Melen (2 November 1906 – 3 September 1988) was a Turkish civil servant, politician and Prime Minister of Turkey.
Biography
After graduating from high school in Bursa, he obtained a degree in finance from the School of Political ...
, Turkish civil servant and politician
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Ferit Şahenk
Ferit Şahenk (, born 1964) is the Chairman of Turkey's Doğuş Group and one of the richest people in Turkey.
Background
Şahenk graduated from The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) and earned his B.A. from Boston College with a degree in ...
, Turkish businessman
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Ferit Odman
Ferit Odman is a jazz drummer based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Education
Odman started his music studies in Sweden as an AFS exchange student in 1999, then received a full scholarship to Istanbul Bilgi University in 2001, where he obtained his B.A. ...
, Turkish jazz musician
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Ali Ferit Gören
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
(1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter
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Turkish masculine given names