Khalil (name)

Khalil
Khalil Gibran, Lebanese–American artist and poet (1883–1931)
PronunciationArabic: [xaliːl]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameArabic
Meaning"friend"
Other names
Alternative spellingKhaleel, Khelil
Related namesHalil

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. 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

Khaleel

Al-Khalil

Khalil

Khelil

Persons with the surname

Khaleel

Khalil

Khelil

Fictional characters

Locations

Hebron or الخليل al-Khalīl / خَلِيل الرَّحْمَن Khalīl al-Raḥmān is an ancient city in the West Bank of Palestine. 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).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Translation". corpus.quran.com. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  2. ↑ Kamrava, Mehran (3 January 2011). The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-94753-5.
  3. ↑ Alimi, Eitan (24 January 2007). Israeli Politics and the First Palestinian Intifada: Political Opportunities, Framing Processes and Contentious Politics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-17182-8.
  4. ↑ Rothrock, James (12 October 2011). Live by the Sword: Israel's Struggle for Existence in the Holy Land. WestBow Press. ISBN 978-1-4497-2519-8.
  5. ↑ Šārôn, Moshe (2007). Squeezes in the Max van Berchem Collection (Palestine, Trans-Jordan, Northern Syria): Squeezes 1 - 84. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-15780-4.
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