Shamil (
Arabic
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شَامِل ''shāmil'') is a lesser common masculine Arabic name. The name is usually from the adjective which have several correlated meanings from the Arabic "complete, comprehensive, universal" but could also mean "embodying, profound".
Therefore, the adjective stems from the Arabic verb ''shamila'' (
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
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شَمِلَ) meaning "to comprehend, include, everything" but which is linked to the other meanings:
1) "union, unity, correlation, bond"
2) "universal, predominant, embrace"
The feminine form of the name is ''Shamila'' (
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
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شَامِلَة ''shāmilah'').
The name may refer to:
Geography
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Shamil, Hormozgan, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
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Shamil-e Bala, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
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Shamil Rural District, a rural district in Hormozgan Province, Iran
Name
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Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan
Imam Shamil ( av, Шейх Шамил, Şeyx Şamil; ar, الشيخ شامل; russian: Имам Шамиль; 26 June 1797 – 4 February 1871) was the political, military, and spiritual leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in ...
(1797–1871), leader of resistance to Russian rule over the Caucasus
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Shamil Abbyasov
Shamil Abbyasov (born 16 April 1957) is a retired athlete, who represented the USSR and later Kyrgyzstan. He specialized in the long jump and triple jump.
Abbyasov won a bronze and a gold medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships in Gr ...
(born 1957), Soviet Kyrgyzstani retired long jumper and triple jumper
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Shamil Asgarov
Shamil Asgarov or Shamil Askerov ( az, Şamil Səlim oğlu Əsgərov, 1929, Ağcakənd – 20 May 2005, Baku) was a Kurdish scholar, poet, and researcher on the history of the Kurds in Azerbaijan. He was the leader of Kalbajar's large Kurdish c ...
, Azeri scholar
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Shamil Asildarov (born 1983), Russian footballer
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Shamil Basayev
Shamil Salmanovich Basayev ( ce, Салман ВоӀ Шамиль ; russian: Шамиль Салманович Басаев; 14 January 1965 – 10 July 2006), also known by his kunya "Abu Idris", was a senior military commander in the Cheche ...
(1969–2006), militant Islamist and a leader of the Chechen rebel movement
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Shamil Isayev (born 1964), Russian retired footballer
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Shamil Khan
Shamil Khan ( ur, ; also known as ''Shamyl''; born March 1978 in Islamabad)
is a Pakistani film and television actor known for his role in the Punjabi language film ''Larki Punjaban''. He also appears in the Hum TV serial ''Sadqay Tumhare
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, Pakistani film actor
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Shamil Lakhiyalov (born 1979), Russian footballer
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Shamil Saidov (born 1982), Russian footballer
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Shamil Sabirov (born 1959), Soviet Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
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Shamil Serikov (1956–1989), Soviet Olympic champion wrestler
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Shamil Shetekauri (born 1955), Georgian scientist
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Shamil Zavurov (born 1984), Russian mixed martial arts fighter
See also
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Samuel (name)
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Shamil Bank of Bahrain
Shamil Bank was a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, with commercial and investment banking activities. It has grown steadily to become one of Bahrain's leading financial institutions.
Sham ...
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