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語源

From Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature.

発音

• IPA: /ˈleɪlə/, (some women, esp. 米国発音) /ˈliːlə/
• 韻: -eɪlə, (esp. 米国発音) -iːlə

固有名詞

Leila (plural Leilas)

1. A female given name from Arabic.
   • 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, London: […] T[homas] Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 12:

     Oh! who young Leila’s glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed / Which saith, that woman is but dust, / A soulless toy for tyrant's lust?

   • 1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, →OCLC, part III, 1 §, page 220:

     "Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover."

関連する語

アナグラム

• Allie, ileal