Rifat

Rifat (also transliterated as Rifaat, Arabic: رفعت, pronounced [rɪˈfat], a conjugated form of the Arabic verb رفع with the meaning "lifted", "elated", "joyous") is a masculine name. Variants also include Refat, Rafat, Refaat, etc. Notable people with the name include:

Rifaat al-Assad, Syrian military personnel and politician
Rifat Chadirji, Iraqi architect and author
Rıfat Ilgaz (1911–1993), Turkish poet
Rifat Mustafin, Russian footballer
Rifat Ozbek, Turkish fashion designer
Rifaat Turk (born 1957), Israeli footballer
Rifat Zhemaletdinov (born 1996), Russian footballer of Tatar origin

See also[edit]

Kamal Rifaat, Egyptian military officer and politician
Rasheek Rifaat, Canadian engineer

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