Etymograph

English

Jamal

Jamal comes from Arabic جَمَال ‘beauty’, and goes back to جَمُلَ.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentجَمُلَjamula‘to be beautiful’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentجَمَالjamāl‘beauty’
  3. EnglishtodayJamal

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentجَمُلَjamula‘to be beautiful’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentجَمَالjamāl‘beauty’
  3. EnglishtodayJamal

Today it means

name A male given name from Arabic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic جَمُلَ / Jamal