Shamil

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Kazakh, Avar, Chechen, Tatar, Azerbaijani
Scripts شاميل(Arabic) Шәміл(Kazakh) Шамил(Avar, Tatar) Шамиль(Chechen)
Pronounced Pron. /ʃaː.ˈmiːl/(Arabic)  [key·simplify]
Note In Azerbaijani this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as SHAMİL in uppercase and shamil in lowercase.

Meaning & History

Means "comprehensive, universal" in Arabic, a derivative of شمل (shamila) meaning "to contain" [1].

Related Names

VariantŞamil(Azerbaijani)

Categories

completion, isograms, Leo Tolstoy characters

Sources & References

  1. Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 568.
Entry updated October 6, 2024