heykel
English edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Persian هیکل (haykal, heykal, “temple”) / Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal, “temple”), ultimately from Akkadian ēkallum (“temple; palace”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal, “temple; palace”, literally “great house”).
Noun edit
heykel (plural heykels)
- The chancel or sanctuary of a Coptic church.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:heykel.
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Persian هیکل (haykal, heykal), Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal), from Proto-West Semitic, from Akkadian ēkallum, from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal).
Noun edit
heykel m
References edit
- Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 429
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish هیکل (heykel), from Persian هیکل (haykal, heykal), from Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal), from Proto-West Semitic, from Akkadian ēkallum, from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heykel (definite accusative heykeli, plural heykeller)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Zazaki edit
Etymology edit
From Persian هیکل (haykal, heykal), Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal), from Proto-West Semitic, from Akkadian ēkallum, from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal).
Noun edit
heykel (plural heykel)