Save Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Bengali Scripts شوكت(Arabic) শওকত(Bengali) Pronounced Pron. /ˈʃaw.kat/(Arabic) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from Arabic شوكة (shawka) meaning "bravery, valour, power" [1]. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesShavkat(Tajik) Shaukat(Urdu) Shavkat(Uzbek) Categories courage, greatness, power, strength Sources & References Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 577.