Jalal

Jalal (Arabic: جلال) is a masculine given or family name. The name or word Jalal means majesty and is used to honor and venerate.

When the Arabic language spread across non-Arabic regions, Jalal has also become a name for some Arabic-speaking Christians, non-Arab Muslims, and non-Arabs and has been added to other language dictionaries with the majestic meaning.

Another form is Galal, where the first letter "ج" is pronounced like hard g /g/ in English. Galal might have other meanings in different languages.

Examples[]

The word Jalal could be found in many history, art, religious, and poetry books. For example:

1. Jalal is used as a characteristic when addressing royals like kings and lords in history, myth, and formal occasion.
2. Jalál the second month and the Saturday as a first day of the week in the Bahá’í calendar.
3. Religious books;
   1. In the Bible, Jalal is used as a veneration for God in Psalms (111:3), (145:5), etc.^[1], Isaiah (26:10), (30:30), etc.^[1], and the Great Doxology, written and read in Churches in Arabic. For example:
      • Psalm (111:3) (English, Arabic): ".جَلاَلٌ وَبَهَاءٌ عَمَلُهُ، وَعَدْلُهُ قَائِمٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ"
      • Great Doxology (English, Arabic), in the second line: ".نشكرك من أجل عظيم جلال مجدك..."
   2. In the word Aljalal which cannot be used as a given or family name because "Al" is here restricted to God in "ذو الجلال والإكرام" verses 27 and 78 of Surat al-Rahman in the Quran.

Given name[]

• Jalal Abdul Carim Sahib (1865–1939), Indian businessman
• Jalal Agha (1945–1995), Indian actor and director
• Jalal Akbari (born 1983), Iranian football player
• Jalal al-Dawla (994–1044), Buyid amir of Iraq
• Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969), Iranian writer, thinker, and social and political critic
• Jalal Hosseini (born 1982), Iranian football player
• Jalal Khoury (1933–2017), Lebanese playwright, theater director, comedian
• Jalal Mansur Nuriddin (1944–2018), American poet
• Jalal Merhi (born 1967), Canadian action film producer
• Jalal Pishvaian (1930–2021), Iranian actor
• Jalal Talabani (1933-2017), Iraqi politician, president
• Jalal Talebi (born 1942), Iranian football player and manager
• Jalal Toufic (born 1962), Lebanese artist, filmmaker, and author
• Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (born 1542), Mughal sultan
• Jalal Zolfonun (1937–2012), Iranian composer and setar player

Family name[]

• Aziza Jalal (born 1958), Moroccan Arabic pop singer
• Ramez Galal (born 1973), Egyptian comic, actor and singer
• Imrana Jalal, Indian-Fijian lawyer and activist
• Ayesha Jalal (born 1956), Pakistani-American historian
• Shwan Jalal (born 1983), Iraqi-English football goalkeeper
• Massouda Jalal (born 1962), Afghan politician
• Sayed Mahmood Jalal (born 1980), Bahraini footballer
• Farida Jalal, Persian actor

Fictional people[]

• Galal, main character of the Galal trilogy by Egyptian author Kamal Ruhayyim.

See also[]

• Jalil (disambiguation)

References[]

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