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Khalil (name)

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| name = Khalil

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| pronunciation= {{IPA|ar|xaliːl|lang}}

| gender = Male

| meaning = "friend"

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| origin = Arabic

| alternative spelling = Khaleel, Khelil

| related names = Halil

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{{wiktionary|Halil}}

Khalil or Khaleel (Arabic: خليل) means friend and is a common male first name in the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common surname. It is also used amongst Turkic peoples of Russia and African Americans. Abraham is given the title Khalīl-ullah (Arabic: خَلِیْل‌ ٱلله, romanized: Ḫalīl Allāḥ, lit. 'Friend of God') in Islam.{{Cite web |title=The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Translation |url=https://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=4&verse=125 |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=corpus.quran.com}} The female counterpart of this name is Khalila or Khaleela.

In other languages

The following names can be interpreted as Khalil:

Persons with the given name

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Persons with the surname

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Fictional characters

Locations

Hebron or الخليل al-Khalīl / خَلِيل الرَّحْمَن Khalīl al-Raḥmān is a city in the West Bank of Palestine.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CkLHZCzMEJkC&pg=PA236 | title=The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War | isbn=978-0-520-94753-5 | last1=Kamrava | first1=Mehran | date=3 January 2011 | publisher=University of California Press }}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etfPrGqcLTEC&pg=PA178 | title=Israeli Politics and the First Palestinian Intifada: Political Opportunities, Framing Processes and Contentious Politics | isbn=978-1-134-17182-8 | last1=Alimi | first1=Eitan | date=24 January 2007 | publisher=Routledge }}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5RIXqbwHoYC&pg=PA100 | title=Live by the Sword: Israel's Struggle for Existence in the Holy Land | isbn=978-1-4497-2519-8 | last1=Rothrock | first1=James | date=12 October 2011 | publisher=WestBow Press }} The name al-Khalīl derives from the Qur'anic epithet for Abraham, Khalil al-Rahman (إبراهيم خليل الرحمن) "Beloved of the Merciful" or "Friend of God". The name "Hebron" appears to trace back to two northwest Semitic languages, which coalesce in the form ḥbr, having reflexes in Hebrew and Amorite, with a basic sense of 'unite' and connoting a range of meanings from "colleague" to "friend". Arabic Al-Khalil thus precisely translates the ancient Hebrew toponym Ḥebron, understood as ḥaḇer (friend).{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1d8xHcor0psC&pg=PA104 | title=Squeezes in the Max van Berchem Collection (Palestine, Trans-Jordan, Northern Syria): Squeezes 1 - 84 | isbn=978-90-04-15780-4 | last1=Šārôn | first1=Moshe | date=2007 | publisher=BRILL }}

See also

References

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Category:Arabic-language masculine given names

Category:Bosniak masculine given names

Category:Masculine given names