Jaylaani
Somali spelling of the Arabic surname Jilani, "of Gilan": the region a famous Sufi teacher came from.
Meaning and origin
Jaylaani carries into Somali the surname of Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, a twelfth-century preacher and mystic whose followers founded the Qadiriyya Sufi order.
How to pronounce Jaylaani
| English (US) | jy-LAH-nee /dʒaɪˈlɑːni/ |
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