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Amil
PronunciationArabic: [ʕaː.mil]
Persian: [ʕɒː.mel]
GenderMale
Origin
Language(s)Arabic
Meaninga hardworking person, doer, striver, etc.
Other names
Alternative spellingAamil
Variant form(s)Âmil (Turkish)
Ğamil (Tatar)
Ğəmil (Bashkort)
DerivedFrom root: ع م ل (ʕ-m-l); "working, doing"

Amil or Aamil (عَامِل, ʻĀmil) is an Arabic given name, used among different Islamic peoples, such as the Turkish and Azerbaijani. The name is interpreted to mean "a hardworking person, doer, striver", among other similar descriptions.[1][2] As a word it appears in both the Quran and Hadith.

Pronunciation of the name (by a Moroccan speaker).

History

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The name comes from root ع م ل (ʕ-m-l), which is related to "working, doing".[3]

According to a Turkish Encyclopedia, âmil ( العامل, el-Âmil, al-Āmil) is mentioned both in the Quran and Hadith. In the Quran, it is used "mostly in relation to those who do good or bad deeds and also in zakat matters". In the Hadiths, the word generally refers to "administrator and especially tax collector" and is used "almost synonymously" with words arîf, âşir, câbî, emîn, hâzin, sâî and musaddık; the person who works in the mudarabah company is called mudârib as well as âmil. During the Rashidun Caliphate, it referred to both a general civil servant and a tax officer. In the Ottoman Empire, âmil was also used in relation to an officer in charge of tax collecting, as well as a tax-farmer, or a person who collects on behalf of a tax-farmer.[4]

Variants

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Âmil (Turkish[5]), Ğamil (Гамил, Tatar[6]), Ğəmil (Ғәмил, Bashkort[7]). For the closely related Tatar and Bashkort,[8] letter ğ (г / ғ) stands for the Arabic ghayn (خ, ʁ), which these languages use to replace the ayin (ع) with (/ʁa'mil/, /ʁæ'mil/).[9] Occasionally they appear without ğayn (Амил, Әмил[10][7]).

In Hindi use, the name Amil does not seem to have the same Arabic root.[11][12]

Notable people

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  • Âmil Çelebioğlu (1934–1995), Turkish language and literature researcher[5]
  • Âmil Artus (1911–1989), Turkish politician[13]
  • Amil Ağacanov (born 1983), Azerbaijani footballer[14]
  • Amil Məhərrəmov (born 1974), Azerbaijani economist and professor[15]
  • Amil Yunanov (born 1993), Azerbaijani footballer[16]
  • Amil Səlimov (born 1985), Latvian-Azerbaijani politician[17]
  • Amil Shivji (born 1990), Tanzanian filmmaker
  • Amil Kahala Whitehead (born 1973), American former rapper and singer
  • Ğamil Əsxədulla (Гамил Әсхәдулла; born 1959), Tatar theater director[18]
  • Ğamil Afzal (Гамил Афзал; 1921–2003), Tatar poet[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Aamil".
  2. ^ "Quranic Names – Amil".
  3. ^ "Amil".
  4. ^ Erkal, Mehmet. "ÂMİL". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi.
  5. ^ a b "Âmil Çelebioğlu".
  6. ^ "ТАТАР ИР-АТ ИСЕМНӘРЕ (ТАТАРСКИЕ МУЖСКИЕ ИМЕНА) — Г".
  7. ^ a b "Bahkir names". pp. 43, 126.
  8. ^ Baskakov, N.A.: Tyurkskiye yazyki, pp. 155–157, 160. Moskva: KomKniga, 2006.  ISBN 5-484-00515-9
  9. ^ "Tatar (Standard)".
  10. ^ "Амил Нур: «Татарча диктант»ны быел латин әлифбасында да тикшерәчәкбез Тулырак". татар информ. 2024.
  11. ^ "Amil".
  12. ^ "Meaning of Amil".
  13. ^ "Bakanlarımız: Amil Artus", Milliyet, July 7, 1960, p.4
  14. ^ "Amil Ağacanov".
  15. ^ "Məhərrəmov Amil".
  16. ^ "A. Yunanov".
  17. ^ "Həmyerlimiz Amil Səlimov Latviya Seymində deputat kimi fəaliyyətə başlayıb".
  18. ^ Soloshina, Zoya (2019). "Гамил Әсхәдулла: «Балаларым яше белән яшим»".
  19. ^ "Афзал Гамил".
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