Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

From Aramaic הֵיכְלָא (hēḵəlā), from Akkadian 𒂍𒃲 (ēkallum, palace, temple), from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal); compare Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal), Hebrew הֵיכָל (heikhál) and Ugaritic 𐎅𐎋𐎍 (hkl /⁠hêkal⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [hajk(ə)laː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [hajɪkla]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [het͡ʃə.laː]

Noun edit

ܗܲܝܟܠܵܐ (hayklām sg (plural ܗܲܝܟܠܹ̈ܐ (hayklē))

  1. temple
  2. shrine, holy place
  3. (architecture) nave, church
  4. (anatomy) physique, frame
  5. (obsolete) palace
    Synonyms: ܒܝܼܪܬܵܐ (bīrtā), ܩܲܨܪܵܐ (qaṣrā), ܒܹܝܬ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ (bēt malkā)

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Akkadian 𒂍𒃲 (ēkallum, palace, temple), from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal); compare Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal), Hebrew הֵיכָל (hêḵāl), Ugaritic 𐎅𐎋𐎍 (hkl /⁠hêkal⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [hajk(ə)lɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [hajk(ə)le] (plural)

Noun edit

ܗܝܟܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܗܝܟܠܐ)

  1. palace
  2. temple
  3. church
  4. (architecture) nave
  5. shrine, holy place

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Sogdian: 𐼳𐼷𐼸𐽄𐼰 (hyklʾ /⁠heykala⁠/, nave)

References edit

  • hykl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-12
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 76b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 103a-b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pp. 340b-341a