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Layla

Arabic · F

“night”

Where it comes from

layla (لیلى), 'night'

Also known as

Leila and Leyla (alternate transliteration spellings)

Fun Fact

Layla is the tragic heroine of a classical Arabic and Persian love story, Layla and Majnun, often compared in the Islamic world to Romeo and Juliet for its enduring cultural influence.

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