Amil or Aamil (عَامِل, ʻĀmil) is an Arabic given name, used among different Islamic peoples, such as the Turkish and Azerbaijani. The name is interpreted to mean "a hardworking person, doer, striver", among other similar descriptions.[1][2] As a word it appears in both the Quran and Hadith.
Pronunciation of the name (by a Moroccan speaker).
History
The name comes from root ع م ل (ʕ-m-l), which is related to "working, doing".[3]
According to a Turkish Encyclopedia, âmil ( العامل, el-Âmil, al-Āmil) is mentioned both in the Quran and Hadith. In the Quran, it is used "mostly in relation to those who do good or bad deeds and also in zakat matters". In the Hadiths, the word generally refers to "administrator and especially tax collector" and is used "almost synonymously" with words arîf, âşir, câbî, emîn, hâzin, sâî and musaddık; the person who works in the mudarabah company is called mudârib as well as âmil. During the Rashidun Caliphate, it referred to both a general civil servant and a tax officer. In the Ottoman Empire, âmil was also used in relation to an officer in charge of tax collecting, as well as a tax-farmer, or a person who collects on behalf of a tax-farmer.[4]
Variants
Âmil (Turkish[5]), Ğamil (Гамил, Tatar[6]), Ğəmil (Ғәмил, Bashkort[7]). For the closely related Tatar and Bashkort,[8] letter ğ (г / ғ) stands for the Arabic ghayn (خ, ʁ), which these languages use to replace the ayin (ع) with (/ʁa'mil/, /ʁæ'mil/).[9] Occasionally they appear without ğayn (Амил, Әмил[10][7]).
In Hindi use, the name Amil does not seem to have the same Arabic root.[11][12]
Notable people
Âmil Çelebioğlu (1934–1995), Turkish language and literature researcher[5]