Laila

Proper noun

Meaning

Laila (plural Lailas)

A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.

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Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly. Khaled Hosseini

Laila has moved on. Because in the end she knows that's all she can do. That and hope. Khaled Hosseini

Laila (at fourteen years): What would your mother say when she saw you smoke? Khaled Hosseini

Maybe it was senseless to want to be near a person so badly here in a country where bullets had shredded her own brothers to pieces. But all Laila had to do was picture Tariq going at Khadim with his leg and then nothing in the world seemed more sensible to her. Khaled Hosseini

But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her. Khaled Hosseini

Tariq tucked the gun into the waist of his denims. Then he said a thing both lovely and terrible. "For you," he said. "I'd kill with it for you, Laila. Khaled Hosseini

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