𑀅𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁰

Old Tamil

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𑀅𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁰 (akil)

Malayalam: അകിൽ (akil)
Tamil: அகில் (akil)
→ Hebrew: אֲהָלִים (ʾăhālîm), אהל^[1]
- → Ancient Greek: ἀλόη (alóē) (see there for further descendants)
→ Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܥܠܘܐ, ܥܠܘܝܬܐ
→ Classical Mandaic: ࡏࡋࡅࡀࡉࡀ (ʕluaia), ࡀࡋࡅࡀࡉ (ʔluai)
→ Classical Syriac: ܥܠܘܝ (ʕalway, ʕelway)
→ Sanskrit: अगुरु (aguru)^[2] (see there for further descendants)

^ Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.
^ Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.