Kahraman is the Turkish word for

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, borrowed from

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

''qahramân'' (قهرمان). It is also a transliteration for

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كهرمان meaning

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, borrowed from Persian ''kahrobâ'' (کهربا). The first etymology is the source for the modern Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

Given name

* Kahraman Demirtaş (born 1994), Turkish professional footballer * Kahraman Sadıkoğlu, Turkish businessman

Surname

* Emre Kahraman (born 1987), Turkish football player *

Hayv Kahraman Hayv Kahraman (born 1981) is an Iraqi-American-Swedish artist of Kurdish descent, who was born in Baghdad and fled to Sweden with family during the Gulf War, studied in Florence, and is currently based in Los Angeles. She is primarily a painter. ...

(born 1981), Iraqi artist and painter * İlyas Kahraman (born 1976), Turkish professional soccer player * Isa Kahraman (born 1974), Turkish-born Dutch politician *

İsmail Kahraman İsmail Kahraman (born 7 December 1940) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who served as the 27th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 22 November 2015 to 7 July 2018. He has been the Member of Parliamen ...

(born 1940), Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party *

Volkan Kahraman Volkan Kahraman (10 October 1979 – 8 February 2023) was an Austrian football player and manager. Club career Kahraman made his professional debut for Eredivisie side Feyenoord in November 1997 against De Graafschap and then scored 11 goals ...

(born 1979), Austrian football player of Turkish descent {{surname

Places

* Kahraman, Çine, a village in the District of Çine, Aydın Province, Turkey * Kahramanmaraş, a city in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey and the administrative center of

Kahramanmaraş Province Kahramanmaraş Province kurdish( tr, Kahramanmaraş ili ) is a province of Turkey. Its provincial capital is the city of Kahramanmaraş, the traffic code is 46. Geography Kahramanmaraş is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and ...

Others

* ''Kahraman'' (album), studio album by Turkish/Belgian singer Hadise

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