Ferhat is a Turkish given name and the common Turkish spelling of the

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name

Ferhad Ferhat is a Turkish given name and the common Turkish spelling of the Persian name Ferhad (, ''farhād'') although other spellings are also used but are a lot less common. It is also an Arabic name which is popular among Maghreb countries, the na ...

(, ''farhād'') although other spellings are also used but are a lot less common. It is also an

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name which is popular among

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countries, the name might be derived from the word "ferah" which means "

joy Joy is the state of being that allows one to experience feelings of intense, long-lasting happiness and contentment of life. It is closely related to, and often evoked by, well-being, success, or good fortune. Happiness, pleasure, and gratitu ...

." Therefore, Ferhat can be interpreted as "joyful" or "happy." It may refer to:

Given name

Ferhad

* Ferhad Ayaz (born 1994), Turkish-Swedish footballer *

Ferhad Pasha Sokolović Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (, sr-cyrl, Ферхад-паша Соколовић, Ferhad-paša Sokolović) (died 1590) was an Ottoman general and statesman from Bosnia. He was the last sanjak-bey of Bosnia and first beylerbey of Bosnia. Origi ...

, 16th-century Ottoman general and statesman of Bosniak origin *

Serdar Ferhad Pasha Serdar Ferhat Paşa (; ) was an Ottoman statesman of Albanian descent. He was twice grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1 August 1591 and 4 April 1592 and between 16 February 1595 and 7 July 1595.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet ...

, 16th-century Ottoman grand vizier

Ferhat

Ferhat Abbas Ferhat Abbas (; ALA-LC: ; 24 August 1899 – 24 December 1985) was an Algerian politician who acted in a provisional capacity as the then yet-to-become independent country's Prime Minister from 1958 to 1961, as well as the first President of the ...

(1899–1985), Algerian political leader * Ferhat Abdi Şahin (born 1967) YPG supreme commander *

Ferhat Encü Ferhat Encü (born 5 August 1985) is a Kurds, Kurdish politician and former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Turkish Parliament in the Şırnak Province. Encü is well known for a speech that he gave on the floor of the Parliament ...

(born 1985), Kurdish imprisoned politician *

Ferhat Akbaş Ferhat Akbaş (born April 12, 1986) is a Turkish volleyball coach and former volleyball player. He is tall. He Is the currently coach of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit and Japan women's national volleyball team. He is a graduate of business administrati ...

(born 1986), Turkish volleyball coach and former volleyball player *

Ferhat Akdeniz Ferhat Akdeniz (born October 26, 1986, in Switzerland) is a Turkish volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's ...

(born 1986), Turkish volleyball player *

Ferhat Arıcan Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the parallel ba ...

(born 1993), Turkish male artistic gymnast * Ferhat Atik (born 1971), Turkish Cypriot filmmaker * Ferhat Bakal (born 1998), Turkish ice hockey player * Ferhat Bey Draga (1880–1944), Kosovo Albanian politician *

Ferhat Bıkmaz Ferhat Bıkmaz (born 6 July 1988) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitc ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Ferhat Çerçi Ferhat Çerçi (born 2 September 1981 in Hamm) is a German football manager and former football player. He played for Hammer SpVg. He also holds Turkish citizenship. He spent one season in the Bundesliga with Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia ...

(born 1981), Turkish-German footballer *

Ferhat Çökmüş Ferhat Çökmüş (born 14 February 1985) is a former footballer. Born in Switzerland, he represented Turkey at under-21 international level. Club career He plays in either the rightback or defensive midfielder positions. Standing at 180 c ...

(born 1985), Turkish footballer * Ferhat Görgülü (born 1991), Turkish-Dutch footballer *

Ferhat Güven Ferhat Güven (born 22 August 1983) is a Norwegian politician and a member of the Labour Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Sør-Trøndelag during the 2013–2017 term. He was elected to the Trondheim ...

(born 1983), Turkish-Norwegian politician *

Farhat Hached Farhat Hached (; 2 February 1914 – 5 December 1952) was a Tunisians, Tunisian labor unionist and activist who was assassinated by ''La Main Rouge'', a France, French terrorist organization operated by French foreign intelligence. He was one of ...

(1914-1952) Tunisian trade unionist * Ferhat Kaplan (born 1989), Turkish footballer * Ferhat Kaya (born 1986), Turkish-Belgian footballer * Ferhat Kiraz (born 1989), Turkish footballer * Ferhat Kıskanç (born 1982), Turkish-German footballer *

Ferhat Korkmaz Ferhat Korkmaz (born 14 September 1981) is a Sweden, Swedish-born Turkey, Turkish Association football, footballer who plays for FC Väsby United, Väsby United as a Defender (association football), defender. References External links

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(born 1981), Turkish-Swedish footballer *

Ferhat Mehenni Ferhat Mehenni ( Kabyle: Ferḥat Mhenni; born March 5, 1951) is a Kabyle politician, writer, protest singer, musician and songwriter, founder and first President in June 5, 2001 of the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia (MAK) renamed in Oct ...

(born 1951), Algerian singer and politician * Ferhat Odabaşı (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Ferhat Ozcep (born 1968), Turkish geophysicist and historian * Ferhat Öztorun (born 1987), Turkish footballer *

Ferhat Pehlivan Ferhat Pehlivan (born August 20, 1988, in Akçaabat, Trabzon Province, Turkey) is a Turkish amateur boxer competing in the light-flyweight division. The tall boxer at was a member of the Karnet S.K. in Akçaabat, Trabzon before he transferred ...

(born 1988), Turkish amateur boxer *

Ferhat Tunç Ferhat Tunç Yoslun (born 14 March 1964) is a singer of Kurdish descent. Ferhat Tunç was born in 1964 in the city of Tunceli in Turkey's eastern province of Tunceli. With twelve years he stood for the first time on stage as a singer. In the ...

(born 1964), Kurdish singer * Ferhat Yazgan (born 1992), Turkish footballer

Surname

* Halima Ferhat, Moroccan female historian *

Zinedine Ferhat Zinedine Ferhat (; born 1 March 1993) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Angers and the Algeria national team. Club career USM Alger On 19 November 2011, with the new coach Didier Ollé-Nicolle Fer ...

(born 1993), Algerian footballer

Other uses

* Farhad and Shirin Monument, a monument in Amasya, Turkey * Ferhadija Mosque in Sarajevo, a mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Ferhat Pasha Mosque, amosque in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport , also known as Ferhat Abbas Airport, is an airport near Jijel, Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Al ...

, an airport near Jijel, Algeria {{given name Bosniak given names Bosnian masculine given names Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names