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Shakeel
شکیلSay it sha-KEEL
- Meaning
- Well-formed, well-proportioned; handsome, good-looking Platts, p. 731
- Say it
- sha-KEEL
- Written
- شکیل
- Other spellings
- Shakil
Shakeel
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Shakeel meaning
Shakeel (شکیل) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
Well-formed, well-proportioned; handsome, good-looking
Shakeel (شکیل) is an Arabic-derived word used in Urdu for someone well formed and good-looking. Platts's Urdu dictionary gives shakīl as having a well-proportioned shape, handsome, from shakl, "form, shape", and lists the adjective shakīlā in the same sense. Lane's classical Arabic lexicon records a quite different word spelled the same way, so the "handsome" sense belongs to Urdu and Persian usage. Name lists agree on "handsome". The Urdu poet and film lyricist Shakeel Badayuni, who wrote the songs of Mughal-e-Azam, is a celebrated bearer.
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English (1884), p. 731 · entry shakīl (شکيل) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, Urdu–English Dictionary, shakīl, p. 731 · Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, shakīl, Book I p. 1588 · Wikipedia, Shakeel Badayuni
Famous namesakes
- Shakeel Badayuni, Urdu poet and film lyricist
Spellings
Shakeel · Shakil