Dilara

Dilara or Delara is a Persian female first name popular in Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Afghanistan. It has Persian roots and comes from the Persian word del (دل means heart). In Persian "ara" is a suffix means something used as ornament to beautify. It can be translated as “she who delights the heart” or “she who is pleasing” ^[1] or "what makes heart beautiful".

It is also closely related to the Turkish word dilek (desire).^[2]

Given name

Dilara Aliyeva (1929-1991), Azerbaijani historian
Dilara Bağcı (born 1994), Turkish volleyball player
Dilara Begum Jolly, Bangladeshi print artist, sculptor, installation artist, and painter
Dilara Bilge (born 1990), Turkish volleyball player
Dilara Burali (born 2000), Turkish water polo player
Dilara Buse Günaydın (born 1989), Turkish swimmer
Dilara Hashim (born 1936), Bangladeshi author and novelist
Dilara Kaya (born 1991), Turkish basketball player
Dilara Kazimova (born 1984), Azerbaijani singer
Dilara Lokmanhekim (born 1994), Turkish judoka
Dilara Türk (born 1996), Turkish-German women's footballer
Dilara Uralp (born 1995), Turkish female windsurfer
Dilara Zaman (born 1943), Bangladeshi actress
Sibel Kekilli, German actress, was known as Dilara

References

^ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches deutsches Vornamenbuch. Bd. 1, A-E. De Gruyter, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-11-014445-X, S. 512.
^ Duden. Das große Vornamenlexikon. 3., völlig neu bearb Aufl., Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2, S. 121.

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[1] Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches deutsches Vornamenbuch. Bd. 1, A-E. De Gruyter, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-11-014445-X, S. 512.

[2] Duden. Das große Vornamenlexikon. 3., völlig neu bearb Aufl., Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2, S. 121.

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