Talat (given name)

Talat (also transliterated as Talaat and Tal'at; Ottoman Turkish: طلعت; Turkish: Talât; Arabic: طلعت) is a Turkish given name used in Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, India and the Levant. Notable people with the name include:

  • Talaat Pasha (1874–1921), leader of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War
  • Talaat Harb, Egyptian industrialist and banker
  • Talat Mahmood (1924 - 1988), Indian singer
  • Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim (died 1995), leader of Egypt's militant Gama'a Islamiyya organization
  • Talat Ahmad, Indian geologist
  • Talat Ahmed (born 1948), Pakistani cricketer
  • Talat Ali (born 1950), Pakistani cricketer
  • Talat Aziz (born 1956), ghazal singer from Hyderabad, India
  • Talât Sait Halman (1931–2014), Turkish poet, translator and cultural historian
  • Talat Hussain (actor) (born 1945), Pakistani actor
  • Talat Hussain (journalist) (born 1966), executive director of AAJ Television
  • Talat Hussain (news executive) (born 1966), executive director of AAJ Television
  • Talat Mahmood (1924–1998), Indian playback singer and film actor
  • Talat Masood (born 1932), general in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers
  • Talat Othman (born 1936), Palestinian-American businessman, investor, and Republican fundraiser
  • Talat Tuncel (born 1964), Turkish football manager and former footballer
  • Talat Tunçalp (1915–2017), Turkish Olympian road cyclist
Talat
GenderMale
Language(s)Turkish, Arabic, Urdu
Origin
Word/nameTurkish
MeaningBeauty
Region of originMiddle East
Other names
Alternative spellingTalaat, Tal'at, Talât
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