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 (as is usually the case when the hamza is in final position), thus rendering , with the

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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 (born 1945), Iranian-born American artist * Shahla Ata (1959–2015), Afghan politician * Shahla Behrouzirad (born 1985), Iranian paracanoer *

Shahla Habibi Shahla Habibi (1958—6 September 2017) was Iran's Presidential Advisor on Women's Affairs from 1991 to 1997. She was former member of central council of Islamic Coalition Party. Career Presidential advisor In 28 December 1991, President Rafsanjan ...

(1958–2017), Iranian advisor * Shahla Humbatova, Azerbaijani human rights lawyer *

Shahla Jahed Khadijeh Shahla Jahed (10 May 1969 – 1 December 2010) was an Iranian nurse who was sentenced to death for her involvement in the murder of her boyfriend's wife. She was hanged on 1 December 2010, being the 146th person to be executed in Iran in ...

(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 H ...

, 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 (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 wa ...

(born 1956), Iranian journalist, author, and activist * Shahla Ujayli (born 1976), Syrian writer * Shahla Safi Zamir (born 1948), Iranian singer *

Shahla Zia Shahla Zia (12 February 1947 – 10 March 2005) also known as Shehla Zia, was a Pakistani lawyer and activist, known for her advocacy of women's rights. Personal life Zia was born into a Punjabi family in Lahore. Her father Mahmood Ali Khan was ...

(1947–2005), Pakistani lawyer and activist

Chahla

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

Shahlo

Shahlo Mahmudova Shahlo Nasimovna Mahmudova is an Uzbekistani politician. She was the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country after independence, serving from 1991 until 1992. Mahmudova received her education at the Taskhent Textile Institute, and began h ...

, Uzbekistani politician

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* Shehla Gill, 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, 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 Syeda Shehla Raza Zaidi ( ur, ) (born 15 May 1964 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistan People's Party politician in the Sindh province of Pakistan. In 2008, she was unanimously elected deputy speaker in the Thirteenth Assembly of the Sindh Asse ...

(born 1964), Pakistani politician

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