𒂍𒃲

Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (É.GAL).

Noun

𒂍𒃲 (ekallu [É.GAL])

  1. palace
  2. temple

Descendants
  • → West Semitic: (probably)
    • Arabic: هَيْكَل‎ (haykal) (see there for further descendants)
    • Aramaic:
      • Biblical Aramaic: הֵיכְלָא‎ (hēḵəlā)
      • Classical Syriac: ܗܝܟܠܐ‎ (haykəlā, hēḵəlā)
        • → Sogdian: 𐼳𐼷𐼸𐽄𐼰‎ (hyklʾ /heykala/, “nave”)
      • Imperial Aramaic: 𐡄𐡉𐡊𐡋𐡀‎ (hyklʾ)
      • → Ancient Greek: ἀειχάλας (aeikhálas)
    • Hebrew: הֵיכָל‎ (hêḵāl)
    • Old South Arabian: 𐩠𐩺𐩫𐩡‎ (hykl)
  • → Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎋𐎍 (hkl /hêkal/)

Sumerian
FWOTD – 24 November 2017

Etymology

𒂍 (É, “house, temple”) +‎ 𒃲 (GAL, “great, big”)

Noun

𒂍𒃲 (É.GAL)

  1. palace
  2. temple

Descendants
  • → Akkadian: 𒂍𒃲 (É.GAL /ekallu/) (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Edzard, D.O. (2003) Sumerian Grammar‎, Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, page 19
  • 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
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 27
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 221
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