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Where does “Jamal” come from?

Jamal is an Arabic given name from جَمَال, meaning beauty or handsomeness in Arabic.

Ancestry of “Jamal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَمَلcamel
2Proto-Semiticgamal-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic gamal- →