Nejat

Nejat (and its variants Necat, Nexhat and Nedžad) is a Turkish male name of Arabic origin. The name is found in the Turkish, Albanian and Bosnian languages.

Nejat might be derived from the German word "Naja" meaning "well" or "Nadja" meaning "hope". The name might be derived from the Persian word "Nezhad" meaning "race and nobility". In Persian language, Nejat has meaning of "rescue and to save". However, it is likely that it is the Ottoman Turkish form of the Arabic word/name "Najad" which means "helper or assistant". Necat means "salvation" in Arabic.

People

Given name

• Necat Ekinci, Turkish boxer
• Nejat Alp (born 1952), Turkish musician
• Nenad Bijedić (1959–2011), Bosnian-Turkish football player, also known as Nejat Biyediç or Vardar
• Nejat Eczacıbaşı (1913–1993), Turkish chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Nejat İşler (born 1972), Turkish actor
• Nejat Konuk (born 1928), former prime minister of Northern Cyprus
• Nejat Saydam (1929–2000), Turkish film director, screenwriter and actor
• Nejat Tulgar, (1920–1984), Turkish Olympic fencer
• Nejat Tümer (1924–2011), Turkish admiral
• Nejat Uygur (1927–2013), Turkish actor and comedian
• Nejat Düzgüneş (born 1950), Turkish-American scientist
• Nedžad Branković (born 1962), Bosnian politician
• Nedžad Fazlija (born 1968), Bosnian Olympic sports shooter
• Nedžad Ibrišimović (1940–2011), Bosnian writer and sculptor
• Nedžad Mulabegović (born 1981), Croatian shot putter
• Nedžad Sinanović (born 1983), Bosnian professional basketball player
• Nedžad Verlašević (1955–2001), Yugoslav former football player

Surname

• Ethem Nejat (1883–1921), Turkish revolutionary communist
• Fariba Nejat (born 1957), Iranian-American community leader, social activist, teacher and portrait painter

Places

• Boneh-ye Nejat, a village in Shoaybiyeh-ye Gharbi Rural District, Shadravan District, Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran

See also

• Necati
• Sadat-e Nejat (disambiguation)