Najlāʾ
نَجْلَاء
Say it naj-LAA
Wide-eyed and beautiful
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- n-j-l
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Najla, Najlaa
Meaning & source
With wide, beautiful eyes: najal is “a wide opening of the eye, with beauty”.
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والنَّجَل، بِالتَّحْرِيكِ: سِعَةُ شقِّ الْعَيْنِ مَعَ حُسْنٍ، نَجِلَ نَجَلًا وَهُوَ أَنْجَلُ، وَالْجَمْعُ نُجْل ونِجَال، وَعَيْنٌ نَجْلاء، والأَسد أَنْجَلُ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.