Given name

Şehla

Şehla is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in Northern Kurdish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Şehla comes from Arabic.

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How it developed

From Arabic شَهْلَاء; its root is Arabic ش ه ل.

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Şehla’s family of names

In Northern Kurdish usage, Şehla has a conventional equivalent in the English form Shahla. In Southern Kurdish usage, Şehla is a Roman-alphabet rendering of شەھلا.

Walk Şehla’s family in the name graph

ŞehlaSehlaشەھلاShahla

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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