Shahla ( ar, شَهْلَاء []; az, Şəhla; bn, শাহলা; id, Syahla; fa, شهلا; tg, Шаҳло; ur, شہلا; uz, Shahlo) is a feminine given name used throughout the Muslim world. It is based on the feminine form of the Arabic adjective () in the sense "whose eyes have ()", which is said to have meant "a blue or greenish hue" in Classical Arabic, or "black with some blueness in them" (navy blue color).Shahla
/ref> Some sources also say "black with redness" (i.e. very dark maroon). Others say the name means "dark-grey-eyed", "hazel-eyed", or simply "who has beautiful eyes". The colloquial Arabic spelling of the name omits the

hamza Hamza ( ar, همزة ') () is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop . Hamza is not one of the 28 "full" letters and owes its existence to historical inconsistencies in the standard writing system. It is derived from ...

(as is usually the case when the hamza is in final position), thus rendering , with the stress on the first syllable. Incidentally, omission of the final hamza is also the standard in Persian and Urdu. Alternate transcriptions include: Chahla, Chahlaa, Chehla, Chehlaa, Shehla, Shehlaa, Shahlaa.

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* Shahla Aghapour, Iranian artist, author and gallery director *

Shahla Arbabi Shahla Arbabi (born 1945) is an Iranian-born American artist and educator. She resides in Washington DC. Biography Arbabi was born in 1945 in Shiraz, Iran. She began painting in childhood. From 1961 until 1965 she studied at the University ...

(born 1945), Iranian-born American artist * Shahla Ata (1959–2015), Afghan politician *

Shahla Behrouzirad Shahla Behrouzirad (Persian: شهلا بهروزی راد; born 7 September 1985) is an Iranian paracanoer. Behrouzirad was the first Iranian female kayaker to qualify for the Paralympic Games. She participated in the Rio 2016 Paralympics and t ...

(born 1985), Iranian paracanoer * Shahla Habibi (1958–2017), Iranian advisor * Shahla Humbatova, Azerbaijani human rights lawyer * Shahla Jahed (1970–2010), Iranian nurse *

Shahla Khatun Professor Shahla Khatun FCPS FRCOG ( bn, শাহলা খাতুন) is a Bangladeshi physician and National Professor. Early life and family Khatun was born into a Bengali Muslim political family in Sylhet. Her father, Abu Ahmad Abdul Haf ...

, Bangladeshi physician and professor *

Shahla Lahiji Shahla Lahiji (born 1942) ( fa, شهلا لاهیجی) is an Iranian writer, publisher, translator, women's rights activist, and the director of Roshangaran, a publishing house on women's issues. Career and activities Lahiji completed a degree in s ...

(born 1942), Iranian writer, publisher, translator, and publishing house director *

Shahla Riahi Shahla Riahi ( fa, شهلا ریاحی, 7 February 1927 – 31 December 2019) was an Iranian actress and film director. Born in Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a ...

(1927–2019), Iranian actress and film director *

Shahla Sherkat Shahla Sherkat (born March 30, 1956) is an Iranian journalist, publisher, author, feminist, women's rights activist. She is a prominent Persian feminist author, and one of the pioneers of Women's rights movement in Iran. Biography Sherkat ...

(born 1956), Iranian journalist, author, and activist * Shahla Ujayli (born 1976), Syrian writer *

Shahla Safi Zamir Shahla Safi Zamir ( fa, شهلا صافی ضمیر; born 14 July 1948 – 5 June 2020), better known by her stage name Marjan ( fa, مرجان), was an Iranian actress and singer. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 stopped her career and for 27 years ...

(born 1948), Iranian singer * Shahla Zia (1947–2005), Pakistani lawyer and activist

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* Chahla Benmokhtar (born 1997), Algerian volleyball player * Chahla Chafiq (born 1954), Iranian writer and sociologist

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* Shahlo Mahmudova, Uzbekistani politician

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Shehla Gill Shehla Gill is a Pakistani actress. She worked in both Urdu and Punjabi films and is known for her roles in films ''Mutthi Bhar Chawal'' (1978), '' Permit'' (1979), ''2 Rastay'' (1979), ''Sathi'' (1980), ''Anokha Daaj'' (1981) ''Wehshi Daku'' (19 ...

, Pakistani actress *

Shehla Masood Shehla Masood (1973–2011) was an Indian environmentalist, wildlife and Right to Information activist. She was shot dead on 16 August 2011 in front of her house in Bhopal while she was sitting in her car, by three persons who were hired by a ...

(1973–2011), Indian environmentalist, wildlife and Right to Information activist *

Shehla Pervin Shehla Pervin is an Indian-American breast cancer specialist. Biography Pervin obtained her Ph.D. in molecular biology from Jadavpur University in India. She received postdoctoral position at the University of Kentucky and in 2009 was hired by ...

, Indian-American breast cancer specialist *

Shehla Rashid Shehla Rashid Shora is an Indian human rights activist who has pursued her Ph.D. at Jawaharlal Nehru University. She was vice-president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) in 2015–16 and was a member of the All India ...

(born 1988), Indian human rights activist * Shehla Raza (born 1964), Pakistani politician

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