Jale (also spelled Jaleh, or Zhaleh, fa, ژاله) is a common given name and surname of
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
and
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
origin, used in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
and
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
, meaning hail stone. The name Jale can also translate to "dew" or "dewdrop".
Notable people with the name include:
Jale
Given name
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Jale Arıkan
Jale Arıkan (born 22 August 1965) is a Turkish-German film and television actress. At the 35th Moscow International Film Festival in 2013, she won the Silver George for Best Actress for her role in the film ''Particle'' (2012) which won the Gol ...
(born 1965), Turkish-German actress
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Jale Aylanç (1948–2020), Turkish actress
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Jale Bainisika (1914/1915–2020), Fijian military office
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Jale Birsel (1927–2019), Turkish actress
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Jale İnan
Jale İnan (1 February 1914 – 26 February 2001) was a Turkish archaeologist, and she is considered to be the first Turkish woman to have been active in the discipline. She led excavations in Perga and Side which resulted in the expansion of th ...
(1914–2001), Turkish archaeologist
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Jale Vakaloloma (born 1996), Fijian rugby union player
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Jale Yılmabaşar (born 1939), Turkish painter and ceramicist.
Middle name
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Elif Jale Yeşilırmak
Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, née Yulia Guramievna Rekvava (russian: Юлия Гурамиевна Реквава), (born July 30, 1986 in Smolensk, Russia) is a Russian- Turkish female wrestler. She is the first woman wrestler to represent Turkey at ...
(born 1986), Turkish wrestler of Russian origin
Surname
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Afife Jale
Afife Jale (1902 – July 24, 1941) was a Turkish stage actress, best known as the first Muslim theatre actress in Turkey.
Career
Afife was studying at the Girls Industry School in Istanbul; however, she wanted to be an actress. In the Ottoman ...
(1902-1941), Turkish stage actress
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Anare Jale
Anare Jale (born 1949 / 1950) is a Fijian civil servant, diplomat, and politician. He is a former member of the Parliament of Fiji, and vice-president of the Social Democratic Liberal Party.
Jale was educated at Onolevu District School, Ratu Ka ...
(born c. 1949), Fijian civil servant
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Grace Jale
Grace Joana Ella Jale (born 10 April 1999) is an association football midfielder who plays for Perth Glory and the New Zealand women's national football team. She has previously played for Wellington Phoenix and Canberra United.
Early life
Bor ...
(born 1999), New Zealand football player
Jaleh
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Jaleh Amouzgar Amouzgar in Tehran, 2013
Jaleh Amouzgar ( fa, ژاله آموزگار, born 4 December 1939 in Khoy, West Azerbaijan) is an Iranologist and a university professor.
Life
Amouzgar holds a Ph.D. from Sorbonne University in Iranistics (Iranian ling ...
(born 1939), Iranian historian
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Sane Jaleh
Sane Jaleh ( fa, صانع ژاله, ''Sāne jāle'') also Sanea Jaleh, Saneh Jaleh, or Sani Zhaleh (May 22, 1985 – February 14, 2011) was an Iranian student at the University of Arts. He was one of two students shot dead during the February 14, ...
(1985–2011), Iranian student protester
Zhaleh
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Zhaleh Kazemi
Zhaleh Kazemi (; née Zahra Kazemi-Azad; 3 April 1943 – 31 March 2004) was an Iranian television producer, news anchor, and painter. She was also a voice actress for Persian-dubbed films in Iranian cinema.
Her dubbing work was done for many Ame ...
(1944–2003), Iranian artist
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Zhaleh Olov Zhaleh may refer to:
* Jale (disambiguation)
* Zhaleh-ye Kuseh
Zhaleh-ye Kuseh ( fa, ژاله كوسه, also Romanized as Zhāleh-ye Kūseh and Žāle-ye Kūse) is a village in Ozgoleh Rural District, Ozgoleh District, Salas-e Babajani County, Ke ...
(born 1927), Iranian actress
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