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Leila
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English
Alternative forms
en Leyla Leilah Leylah Laila Layla Lailah Laylah Lela Lelah
Etymology
From en ar لَيْلَى. Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature. en ar ل ي ل
Pronunciation
en /ˈleɪlə/ /ˈliːlə/ some women, esp. US
en eɪlə iːlə 2 esp. US
Proper noun
s
en female Arabic.
12 Oh! who young Leila’s glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed / Which saith, that woman is but dust, / A soulless toy for tyrant's lust?
I 1 220 "Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover."
Related terms
en Laila Layla Lela Leylah
Translations
given name
Arabic: ar لَيْلَى f
Hebrew: he לַיְלָה Láyla
Hindi: hi लैला f
Kazakh: kk Ләйлә
Russian: ru Ла́йла f, ru Лейла́ f
Urdu: ur لیلٰی lailá, ur لیلیٰ lailá
Anagrams
en aeill Allie ileal
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from fi ar لَيْلَى.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female Arabic
fi 2019 Riikka Pelo Kaikki elävä Teos 9789518519174 438 Leila katsoi ohitseni koko ajan, niin hän oli tehnyt jo aamulla. Hän oli edesmenneen äitini sukupolvea, paksunahkainen, ankaran työn muovaama, eksoottisesta nimestään huolimatta persjalkainen maatiaisnainen, kuten Aku sanoisi. Leila looked past me constantly as she had been doing since the morning. She was from the generation of my deceased mother, thick-skinned, a character shaped by hard work, but despite her exotic name, a 'duck-legged country woman', as Aku would say.
Declension
Leil a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 9381 1199 80
See also
fi Laila
References
Anagrams
fi aeill aille
French
Alternative forms
fr Leïla
Pronunciation
[e:é,i:[j]]
Proper noun
f
fr female Arabic
Anagrams
fr aille, fr aillé, fr allie, fr allié
Hungarian
hu:
Alternative forms
hu Lejla
Pronunciation
lejla
hu Lei la
hu lɒ 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu female
Declension
Leilá oLeilá
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt Lei la
Proper noun
f
pt female
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female