# Jalal

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**Jalal** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic): **جلال**) is a masculine given or family name. The name or word **Jalal** means **majesty** and is used to honor and venerate.

When the Arabic language spread across non-Arabic regions, **Jalal** has also become a name for some [Arabic-speaking Christians](/source/Arabic-speaking_Christians), non-Arab [Muslims](/source/Muslims), and non-Arabs and has been added to other language dictionaries with the majestic meaning.

Another form is **Galal** (typically seen in the [Egyptian Dialect](/source/Egyptian_Arabic)), where the first letter **"[ج](/source/Gimel)"** is pronounced like [hard **g /*g*/**](/source/Hard_g) in English. **Galal** might have other meanings in different languages.

## Examples

The word Jalal could be found in many history, art, religious, and poetry books. For example:

- Jalal is used as a characteristic when addressing royals like kings and lords in history, myth, and formal occasion.
- Jalál the second month and the Saturday as a first day of the week in the Bahá’í calendar.[clarification needed]
- In the [Bible](/source/Bible), Jalal is used as a veneration for [God](/source/God) in [Psalms](/source/Psalms) (111:3), (145:5), etc.,[1] Isaiah (26:10), (30:30), etc.,[1] and the Great Doxology, written and read in Churches in [Arabic](/source/Arabic).

## Given name

- [Shah Jalal](/source/Shah_Jalal) (1271–1346), Bengali Sufi saint
- [Jalal Abdul Carim Sahib](/source/Jalal_Abdul_Carim_Sahib) (1865–1939), Indian businessman
- [Jalal Agha](/source/Jalal_Agha) (1945–1995), Indian actor and director
- [Jalal Akbari](/source/Jalal_Akbari) (born 1983), Iranian football player
- [Jalal al-Dawla](/source/Jalal_al-Dawla) (994–1044), [Buyid](/source/Buyid_dynasty) [amir](/source/Emir) of Iraq
- [Jalal Al-e-Ahmad](/source/Jalal_Al-e-Ahmad) (1923–1969), Iranian writer, thinker, and social and political critic
- [Jalal Hosseini](/source/Jalal_Hosseini) (born 1982), Iranian football player
- [Jalal Khan (disambiguation)](/source/Jalal_Khan_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Jalal Khoury](/source/Jalal_Khoury) (1933–2017), Lebanese playwright, theater director, comedian
- [Jalal Mansur Nuriddin](/source/Jalal_Mansur_Nuriddin) (1944–2018), American poet
- [Jalal Matini](/source/Jalal_Matini) (1928-2025), Iranian writer
- [Jalal Merhi](/source/Jalal_Merhi) (born 1967), Canadian action film producer
- [Jalal Pishvaian](/source/Jalal_Pishvaian) (1930–2021), Iranian actor
- [Jalal Talabani](/source/Jalal_Talabani) (1933-2017), Iraqi politician, president
- [Jalal Talebi](/source/Jalal_Talebi) (born 1942), Iranian football player and manager
- [Jalal Toufic](/source/Jalal_Toufic) (born 1962), Lebanese artist, filmmaker, and author
- [Jalal Zolfonun](/source/Jalal_Zolfonun) (1937–2012), Iranian composer and setar player
- [Sami Jalal Karchoud](/source/Sami_Jalal_Karchoud) (born 2004), Danish footballer

## Family name

- [Ahmed Galal (disambiguation)](/source/Ahmed_Galal_(disambiguation)), several people, including - [Ahmed Galal](/source/Ahmed_Galal_(politician)) (born 1948), Egyptian economist
- [Ayesha Jalal](/source/Ayesha_Jalal) (born 1956), Pakistani-American historian
- [Aziza Jalal](/source/Aziza_Jalal) (born 1958), Moroccan Arabic pop singer
- [Farida Jalal](/source/Farida_Jalal) (born 1950), Persian actor
- [Imrana Jalal](/source/Imrana_Jalal), Indian-Fijian lawyer and activist
- [Massouda Jalal](/source/Massouda_Jalal) (born 1964), Afghan politician
- [Nader Galal](/source/Nader_Galal) (1941–2014), Egyptian television and film director
- [Ramez Galal](/source/Ramez_Galal) (born 1973), Egyptian comic, actor and singer
- [Sayed Mahmood Jalal](/source/Sayed_Mahmood_Jalal) (born 1980), Bahraini footballer
- [Shwan Jalal](/source/Shwan_Jalal) (born 1983), Iraqi-English football goalkeeper

## Fictional characters

- Galal, main character of the Galal trilogy by Egyptian author [Kamal Ruhayyim](/source/Kamal_Ruhayyim)

## See also

- [Galal Studios](/source/Galal_Studios), a film studio in Cairo, Egypt
- [Djalal](/source/Djalal), Indonesian form of the name
- [Jalil (disambiguation)](/source/Jalil_(disambiguation))
- Jalal-ud-din Muhammad [Akbar](/source/Akbar) (born 1542), Mughal sultan

## References

1. ["BibleGateway.com: Search for a Bible passage in 65 languages and 208 versions."](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/). *www.biblegateway.com*. Retrieved 2018-05-24.

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