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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.
Khan (/ x ɑː n /) is an ancient Indo-European surname and in the variant of 'Khan' of Mongolic origin, used as a title in various global regions, [1] and today most commonly found in parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan and India.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Hindi and Urdu on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hindi and Urdu in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Alikhan, also romanised as Alihan or Elihan, is a masculine given name among traditionally Muslim ethnicities in the former Soviet Union, and a surname found in Pakistan and India. It is derived the name Ali and the suffix Khan. People with this given name include: Alikhan Bukeikhanov (1866–1937), Kazakh statesman
The Ali surname is especially common in Arab countries and the rest of the Muslim world. [1] Ali is the most common last name in Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Somalia, Kuwait and Libya. [2] The last name can also be found among the Indian Muslim and Pakistani communities, as it is often associated with the descendants of Ali in these ...
Khalid Khan (born 1971), Hong Kong cricketer; Khalid Khannouchi (born 1971), Moroccan American marathoner; Khalid Lachheb (born 1975), French pole vaulter; Khaled Mahmud (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricket player; Khaled Mashud (born 1976), Bangladeshi cricket player; Khaled Mouelhi (born 1981), Tunisian football player
/ʋ/ is pronounced [w] in onglide position, i.e. between an onset consonant and a following vowel, as in pakwān (पकवान پکوان, 'food dish'), and [v] elsewhere, as in vrat (व्रत ورت, 'vow'). Native Hindi speakers are usually unaware of the allophonic distinctions, though these are apparent to native English speakers. [34]
Ali Khan (activist) (fl. 2003–2006), Pakistani political activist; Ali Khan (brigadier) (fl. 1979), Pakistani army officer; Ali Ahmad Khan (1883–1929), Afghan politician; Ali Gohar Khan, Pakistani politician; Ali Mardan Khan (died 1657), Kurdish military leader and administrator; Ali Mohammed Khan (1706–1748), Rohilla chief in India