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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 (typically seen in the Egyptian Dialect), 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:

• Jalal is used as a characteristic when addressing royals like kings and lords in history, myth, and formal occasion.
• Jalál the second month and the Saturday as a first day of the week in the Bahá’í calendar.^{[clarification needed]}
• 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.

Given name

• Shah Jalal (1271–1346), Bengali Sufi saint
• Jalal Khan, 12th century legendary Baloch leader, founder of the First Baloch Confederacy
• 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 Zolfonun (1937–2012), Iranian composer and setar player

Family name

• Ahmed Galal (disambiguation), several people, including
  • Ahmed Galal (born 1948), Egyptian economist
• Ayesha Jalal (born 1956), Pakistani-American historian
• Aziza Jalal (born 1958), Moroccan Arabic pop singer
• Farida Jalal (born 1950), Persian actor
• Imrana Jalal, Indian-Fijian lawyer and activist
• Massouda Jalal (born 1964), Afghan politician
• Nader Galal (1941–2014), Egyptian television and film director
• Ramez Galal (born 1973), Egyptian comic, actor and singer
• Sayed Mahmood Jalal (born 1980), Bahraini footballer
• Shwan Jalal (born 1983), Iraqi-English football goalkeeper

Fictional characters

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

See also

• Galal Studios, a film studio in Cairo, Egypt
• Jalil (disambiguation)
• Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (born 1542), Mughal sultan

References