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A given name in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish
Language contexts for this entry: Arabic, Ottoman Turkish
/xa.liːl/ · Arabic
01 / Meaning & origin
خليل is a masculine given name documented in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
3 source accounts
From the root خ ل ل (ḵ l l) related to picking and perforation, probably so because a particular fashion of being intimate is to pick each others bodies as a part for cleanliness.
Arapça خَلِيل (ḫalīl)
源自詞根خ ل ل (ḵ l l)，其與穿孔、摘拔有關，可能是因為互相拔去對方身上的髒污是親密的一種特殊表現。
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