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Bahadır
GenderMasculine
Language(s)Turkish
Origin
Language(s)Turkish
Word/name"bahadır"
Derivation"bahadır"
Meaning"brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", "gallant"
Other names
Cognate(s)Mete, Metehan
See alsoBaghatur

Bahadır is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Bahadır" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant". This name is written with a dotless ı. It appears as BAHADIR in uppercase and bahadır in lowercase.

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Bahadır is the modern version of "Baghatur".

On the other hand, Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" and is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people. Moreover, Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as Batur, and as in other cognate forms.

Equivalents

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  • Arabic: Bahadur (بهادر)
  • Georgian: Baadur (ბაადურ)
  • Persian: Bahadur (بهادر)
  • Urdu: Bahadur (بہادر)
  • Turkmen: Batyr

Other Relations

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  • History: Modu (Possibly a Middle Chinese form (冒頓) of the old Turkic honorific title "bagatur".)
  • Turkish: Mete (Turkish form of Modu.)
  • Caucasian Mythology: Batraz (Possibly from Turkic "bagatur". This is the name of the leader of the superhuman Narts in Caucasian mythology.)
  • Ossetian: Batraz (Батырадз)

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