Dalal (, ) is an
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
name which means: fondness, passion, penchant, predilection, liking, partiality. It is used as a female given name in the
Arab world
The Arab world ( '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in West Asia and North Africa. While the majority of people in ...
. The Arabic name has also been adopted as a surname in the
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakista ...
; while mainly used among
Indian Muslims
Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in a 2011 census. India also has the third-largest number of Muslims in the world. ...
and other
South Asian Muslims, it is also used among non-Muslim
Indians.
Indian Subcontinent
Dalal is an surname found among Indian (Punjab Gujarat and Mumbai): Vania Sikh Jain Parsi and Muslim name The Jats ruler of kuchesar belong to Dalal tribe
Given name
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Dalal Abdel Aziz (1960–2021), Egyptian actress
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Dalal Achcar (born 1937), Brazilian choreographer
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Dalal Abu Amneh (born 1983), Palestinian musical artist
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Dalal Al-Bizri, Lebanese researcher
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Dalal Bruchmann (born 1988), Austrian musician and actress
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Dalal bint Mukhled Al-Harbi, historian and member of the Saudi Shura Council
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Dalal Mesfer Al-Harith (born 1999), Qatari sprinter
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Dalal Khalifa, Qatari novelist and playwright
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Dalal Khario (born circa 1997), Yazidi refugee and author
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Dalal Midhat-Talakić (born 1981), Bosnian singer
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Dalal Mughrabi
Dalal Mughrabi (, ; ''c.'' 1959 – 11 March 1978) was a Palestinian militant who was a member of the Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and participated in the 1978 Coastal Road massacre in Israel. The attack resulte ...
(1959–1978), Palestinian terrorist
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Dalal Salameh (born 1965), Palestinian activist and politician
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Dalal bint Saud Al Saud (1957–2021), Saudi royal
Surname
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Anila Dalal
Anila Amrutlal Dalal is a Gujarati critic and translator.
Life
Dalal was born on 21 October 1933 in Ahmedabad to Amritlal Dalal. She completed her SSC in 1949, BA in English in 1954, MA in English in 1956, and later Ph.D. from Gujarat Univers ...
, Gujarati critic and translator
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Dadiba Merwanji Dalal, Indian diplomat
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Dinanath Dalal, Indian painter
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Hiten Dalal, Indian cricketer
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Hussain Dalal
Hussain Dalal is an Indian actor and screenwriter, known for his work in Hindi films. He has written dialogues for films such as '' Bring On the Night'' (2012), ''Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'' (2013), '' Margarita with a Straw'' (2014), '' 2 States' ...
, actor and writer
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Jai Parkash Dalal, Indian politician
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Karamjyoti Dalal, Indian para-athlete
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Karan Singh Dalal, Indian politician
* Kavita Dalal, Indian wrestler under the name
Kavita Devi
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Jayanti Dalal, Indian author and politician
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Maneck Dalal, Indian aviation manager
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Naresh Dalal, physical chemist
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Rahul Dalal, Indian cricketer
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Roshen Dalal, Indian writer
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Sucheta Dalal
Sucheta Dalal (born 1962) is an Indian business journalist and author. She has been a journalist for over two decades and was awarded a Padma Shri for journalism in 2006.
She was the Financial Editor for the ''Times of India'' until 1998 when ...
, Indian journalist
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Suresh Dalal, Gujarati writer
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Tarla Dalal, Indian food writer
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Yair Dalal
Yair Dalal (; born 25 July 1955) is an Israeli musician of Iraqi-Jewish descent.
His main instruments are the oud and the violin, and he also sings as accompaniment. He composes his own music and draws on Arab and Jewish traditions, as well as ...
, Israeli musician
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Yamini Dalal, Indian biochemist
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Yogen K Dalal, Indian engineer and Internet pioneer
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References
Jat tribes
Punjabi-language surnames
Jat clans of Haryana
Arabic-language feminine given names
Feminine given names
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