Suhail

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
1/10/2017, 9:56 AM	Mike C	update #94
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
1/25/2013, 11:59 PM	Mike C	update #85
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Arabic, Urdu

Scripts سهيل(Arabic) سہیل(Urdu)

Pronounced Pron. /su.ˈhajl/(Arabic)

Meaning & History

Derived from Arabic سهل (sahl) meaning "level, even, smooth" [1]. This is the Arabic name of the second brightest star in the sky, known in the western world as Canopus. It is also the official (IAU) name of the third brightest star in the constellation Vela.