Etymology

al-Khalil

Today it means: Synonym of Hebron. (A city in the West Bank, Palestine; holy in both Judaism and Islam.) Full definition →

Arabic الخليل
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromالخليل
  2. English todayal-Khalil

Borrowed from Arabic الخليل. Shortening of خليل الرحمن (Khalil al-Rahman, “friend of God, the Compassionate”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.