Sevil is a common female Turkish and Azerbaijani given name. "Sevil" derives from "sev". In Turkish, "sev" means "to love" and "Sevil" means the "be loved".
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | Turkish, Azerbaijani |
Meaning | "be loved" |
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Related names | Sevgi, Sevim, Sevin, Sevinç |
In contexts in which Spanish terms are anglicized, "Sevil" can be an anglicization of "Seville", the city of Sevilla (as in "Sevil plate", silver money from Sevilla).
People
edit- Sevil Atasoy, a Turkish forensic scientist and immediate past president of the UN International Narcotics Control Board
- Sevil Hajiyeva, Azerbaijani singer
- Sevil Sabancı (born 1973), a Turkish businesswoman who is a member of the Sabancı family in third generation
- Sevil Shhaideh, Romanian politician
Works
edit- Sevil, a 1928 by Azerbaijani playwright Jafar Jabbarly
- Sevil, a 1929 film by Alexander Bek-Nazarov, based on the play
- Sevil, a 1953 opera by Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov
- Sevil, a 1970 opera film by Vladimir Gorikker
Fictional characters
edit- Sevil, one of the two protagonists of Merry-Go-Round