Sahil
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Sahil is a commonly masculine name, used by both Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

s and Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

s. Similar names are Saahil, Sahiliao, Sayhil. Not to be confused with Sohil
Sohil
Sohil is a Hindu masculine name widely used across western India. The root word is sohelo, a Gujarati word that means "sohamano". The actual meaning of the name is "handsome".This name is often confused with Sohail, which has a Muslim origin....

 which has a different source.

Origin

The meaning of the word in Arabic, Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

 and Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 are related: coast, shore, beach, or shoreline.

In Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

the meaning is 'a deeply tranquil shore'. 'Sahil' is used in Hindi poetry and literature which symbolically describes the mutual connection between the sea and the shore.
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