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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.
Lotf Ali Khan (c. 1769–1794), last Shah of the Zand dynasty, of Persia; Mahbub Ali Khan (1934–1984), Bangladeshi chief of naval staff; Mehmet Ali Birand (1941–2013), Turkish journalist; Mohammad Ali Varasteh (1896–1989), Iranian statesman; Mohammed Ali Qamar, Bengali boxer; Morshed Ali Khan Panni, Bangladeshi politician
When representing this sound in transliteration of Arabic into Hebrew, it is written as ח׳. The most common transliteration in English is "kh", e.g. Khartoum (الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm), Sheikh (شيخ), Kazakhstan (كازاخستان), Maha Sarakham (ماها ساراخام). Ḫāʾ is written is several ways depending in its position in ...
Arabic is the third most widespread official language after English and French, [16] one of six official languages of the United Nations, [17] and the liturgical language of Islam. [18] Arabic is widely taught in schools and universities around the world and is used to varying degrees in workplaces, governments and the media. [18]
Cairene speakers pronounce /d͡ʒ/ as [ɡ] and debuccalized /q/ to [ʔ] (again, loanwords from Classical Arabic have reintroduced the earlier sound [38] or approximated to [k] with the front vowel around it changed to the back vowel ). Classical Arabic diphthongs /aj/ and /aw/ became realized as [eː] and [oː] respectively.
Ali Khalil (Arabic: عَلِيّ خَلِيل; born 28 November 1952) is an Egyptian football coach and a former professional footballer who played as a striker. [1] He is one of the icons of Egyptian football in the 1970s and one of its greatest strikers. [2] Khalil spent all of his entire football career with Zamalek.
Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (Arabic: جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962 [4]) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science populariser. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey.
Khalil Allah or Khalilullah (Arabic: خليل الله, lit. 'Friend of God') is an Arabic name, usually associated with Abraham. It can also refer to: Khalilullah I (d. 1465), King of Shirvan; Khalilullah II (d. 1535), King of Shirvan; Khalil Allah I (d. 1634), 37th Nizari imam; Khalil Allah II Ali (d. 1680), 39th Nizari imam