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*[[Mehmet Tillem]] (1974–2019), Australian politician
*[[Mehmet Tillem]] (1974–2019), Australian politician
*[[Mehmet Toner]] (born 1958), Turkish biomedical engineer
*[[Mehmet Toner]] (born 1958), Turkish biomedical engineer
*[[Mehmet Topal]] (born 2008), Turkish footballer
*[[Mehmet Topal]] (born 1986), Turkish footballer


*[[Mehmet Topuz]] (born 1983), Turkish footballer
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Mehmed/Mehmet
PronunciationTurkish: [mehˈmet]
Bosnian: [ˈmɛxmɛd]
GenderMale
Language(s)Turkish, Bosnian, Albanian, Crimean Tatar
Origin
MeaningMuhammad
Other names
Alternative spellingMehmed
DerivedMuḥammad, مُحَمَّد, from Ḥammada, "Praise", حَمَّدَ
Related namesMuhammad, Mohd, Mahmud, Ma

Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad (Arabic: محمد) (Muhammed and Muhammet are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic Muhammad were completed with an e in adoption to Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemed and the name lost the central e over time.[citation needed] Final devoicing of d to t is a regular process in Turkish. The prophet himself is referred to in Turkish using the archaic version, Muhammed.

The name Mehmet also often appears in derived compound names. The name is also prevalent in former Ottoman territories, particularly among Balkan Muslims in Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo. The name is also commonly used in Turkish culture in the form of Mehmetçik, meaning little Mehmet, for unranked soldiers.

Given name

Mehmed

Mehmet

Derived names

Surname

See also