Choheili
Choheili
Surname list
Choheili or Chohaili (Persian: چحیلی; Arabic: الكحيلي, Al-Kuhaili or Al-Kuhailia; Modern Mandaic: ࡊࡅࡄࡀࡉࡋࡉࡀ, romanized: Kuhailia) is an Iranian Mandaean surname or family name. The Choheili (Kuhailia) family has produced many Mandaean priests.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Jabbar Choheili (1923–2014), Mandaean priest from Iran
- Salah Choheili (born 1952), Mandaean priest in Australia
- Najah Choheili, Mandaean priest in Iran
- Salem Choheili (born 1935), a shganda and yalufa (learned Mandaean layman) in Ahvaz, Iran[2]
Mandaean priest and professor Brikha Nasoraia also belongs to the Choheili family.[1]: 118 Ganzibra Taleb Doraji of Ahvaz is also connected to the Choheili family.
19th-century Mandaean priest Yahya Bihram's uncle Yahya Yuhana, of the Kuhailia (Choheili) clan, was a prominent copyist and ganzibra.[1]