Shitrit
Shitrit, Sheetrit, Shitreet, Chitrit, Chetrit, Chettrit (Hebrew: שטרית, Arabic: شطريت), also related to Benchetrit, Benshitreet, Ben Shitrit (Hebrew: בן שטרית, Arabic : بن شطريت) is a Moroccan surname (family name) of Berber Jewish origin, well known among Moroccan Jews, especially in Israel, France and Canada. The original pronunciation in Moroccan Arabic is Sh-t-ret. The French spell it Chetrit which is the most acceptable spelling for this name. Many people within the Moroccan Jewish diaspora hold this family name.
Notable people[]
- - Professor, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, world renown expert of meta-engineering of light in the linear, nonlinear and quantum optical regimes
- - international tax expert
- Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, Israeli minister
- Meir Sheetrit
- Ofer Shitrit
- Joseph Chetrit
- Ofir Ben Shitrit - religious singer
- Ori Shitrit
- Sami Shalom Chetrit, Moroccan-born Israeli writer and poet
- Shimon Shetreet, Israeli professor
- Samuel Benchetrit, French actor
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- Berber Jews
- Maghrebi Jewish surnames
- Sephardic surnames
- Surnames of Moroccan origin
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