Rifat (also
transliterated
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as Rifaat, ar,
رفعت, , a conjugated form of the Arabic verb
رفع with the meaning "lifted", "elated", "joyous") is a masculine name. Variants also include
Refat Refat is a unisex given name borne by:
* Refat Amin (born 1953), Bangladesh politician, Member of the Bangladesh Parliament (2014–2018)
* Refat Appazov (1920–2008), Soviet and Russian rocket scientist of Crimean-Tatar descent
* Refat Chubarov ...
, Rafat, Refaat, etc. Notable people with the name include:
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Rifaat al-Assad
Rifaat Ali al-Assad ( ar, رِفْعَتُ عَلِيِّ ٱلْأَسَدِ, Rifʿat al-ʾAsad; born 22 August 1937) is the younger brother of the late President of Syria, Hafez Assad, and Jamil al-Assad, and the uncle of the incumbent President ...
, Syrian military personnel and politician
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Rifat Chadirji
Rifat Chadirji ( ar, رفعت الجادرجي ''Rifa'a al-Khādarjī'', also Romanized ''Rifa'at Al Chaderchi''; 6 December 1926 – 10 April 2020) was an Iraqi Turkmen architect. He was often referred to as the father of modern Iraqi architect ...
, Iraqi architect and author
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Rıfat Ilgaz
Rıfat Ilgaz (7 May 1911 – 7 July 1993) was a Turkish teacher, writer and poet.
Biography
He was born in Cide, in the Kastamonu Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey). Ilgaz was one of Turkey’s best-known and most prolific poets ...
(1911–1993), Turkish poet
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Rifat Mustafin
Rifat Rinatovich Mustafin (russian: Рифат Ринатович Мустафин; born 12 August 1983) is a former Russian professional football player.
Club career
He played two seasons in the Russian Football National League for FC KAMAZ N ...
, Russian footballer
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Rifat Ozbek
Rifat Ozbek ( tr, Rıfat Özbek, ; born 1953) is a Turkish-born fashion designer, known for his exotic, ethnically-inspired outfits. He was named British Designer of the Year in 1988 and 1992.
Biography
Ozbek was born in Istanbul, Turkey and gr ...
, Turkish fashion designer
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Rifaat Turk
Rifaat "Jimmy" Turk ( ar, رفعت ترك; he, רפעת טורק, born 16 September 1954) is a retired Arab-Israeli footballer, manager, and a former Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv. Turk was the first Arab to play for the Israel national team and to r ...
(born 1957), Israeli footballer
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Rifat Zhemaletdinov
Rifat Maratovich Zhemaletdinov (russian: Рифат Маратович Жемалетдинов, tt-Cyrl, Рифат Марат улы Җамалетдинов; born 20 September 1996) is a Russian professional football player of Tatar origin w ...
(born 1996), Russian footballer of Tatar origin
See also
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Kamal Rifaat
Kamal Rifaat ( ar, كمال الدين رفعت; 1 November 1921 – 13 July 1977) was an Egyptian military officer and one of the members of the Free Officers movement. He held several government posts after the Egyptian revolution in 1952.
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, Egyptian military officer and politician
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Rasheek Rifaat, Canadian engineer
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Turkish masculine given names
Arabic masculine given names