<P> Ahmet is the modern Turkish transliteration . Modern Turkish uses a Latin - based alphabet, and most Arabic - derived names have standardized Turkish spellings. احمت </P> <P> The less common transliterations of Ahmad are used by Muslims outside the Middle East proper, such as in Indonesia and Russia . </P> <P> Achmat is the fairly standard transliteration used by South Africa's Muslim community, and its pronunciation shows evidence of the influence of Afrikaans: the <ch> which represents ح (ħ) is pronounced as an Afrikaans <g> (x) (i.e. closer to the Arabic خ); and the د (d) is realised as a (t) (closer to the Arabic ت) which follows Afrikaans Final - obstruent devoicing principles . </P>

What does the name ahmad mean in arabic