Nehal (Sanskrit: नेहल, pronounced næhāl, Persian: نهال, pronounced næhāl) or Nahal is a

South Asian South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's populatio ...

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name derived from Sanskrit meaning "intelligent" or "born at a time of intelligence" however it also has some

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 ...

roots, meaning "newly planted tree," metaphorically referring to attributes of beauty and youth. The name has a variety of meanings in other languages, such as "rainy," "loving," "intelligent," "genius," "spring," and "beautiful." In Arabic, ''Nehal'' is a collective word describing water from springs, essentially meaning "source of life"; as a name, it symbolises the will to drink from the source of knowledge and therefore means "eager to acquire knowledge". Nehal also means beautiful, handsome, and intelligent. In

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabis, Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a ...

, Nehal means "joy" or "happy". In

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

, Nehal means "born during the period of intelligence". Notable individuals with the name include: *

Nehal Bibodi Nehal Bibodi (born 18 March 1971) is an Indian born Ugandan cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cr ...

, Indian-Ugandan cricketer *

Nehal Chudasama Nehal Chudasama (born 22 August 1996) is an Indian model, fitness consultant and beauty pageant titleholder. She also works as an emcee. She was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2018 and represented India at Miss Universe 2018. Pageantry In 2018, ...

, Indian model *

Nehal Hashmi Syed Nehal Hashmi (; born 28 January 1960) is a Pakistani Constitutional Lawyer and politician who was a member of the Senate of Pakistan, from March 2015 to February 2018. Early life Mr. Nehal Hashmi was born on 28 January 1960 in an Urdu-sp ...

, Pakistani lawyer and politician * Nehal N. Mehta, American cardiologist *

Nehal Saafan Nehal Nabil Muhammad Al-Sayid Saafan (, born 10 September 1996) is an Egyptian synchronized swimmer. She competed in the women's team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. and the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially b ...

, Egyptian synchronized swimmer

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