Azrael

See also: Azraël

English

Artistic depiction of Azrael, the Angel of Death, by Evelyn De Morgan.

Alternative forms

Azriel

Etymology

From Latin Azrahel, from Ancient Greek Ἀζαραήλ (Azaraḗl), from Biblical Hebrew עֲזַרְאֵל‎ (ʿăzarʾēl), possibly via Aramaic (compare Classical Syriac ܥܲܙܪܵܐܹܝܠ‎ (ʿazrāʾēl)).

Proper noun

Azrael

The angel of death in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, and in Islam.

Synonyms

(personification of death): Death, the Grim Reaper, the reaper, the pale rider, the rider, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp

Translations

angel of death

Arabic: عَزْرَائِيل‎ (ar) m (ʿazrāʾīl), عِزْرَائِيل‎ (ar) m (ʿizrāʾīl), مَلَك اَلْمَوْت‎ m (malak al-mawt)
Bashkir: Ғазраил (Ğazrail)
Catalan: Azrael m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亞茲拉爾, 亚兹拉尔 (Yàzīlā'ěr)
Dutch: Azraël m
Esperanto: Azraelo m
French: Azraël (fr) m
German: Azrael m
Greek: Αζραήλ m (Azraḯl)
Hebrew: עזראל‎

Italian: Azrael m
Japanese: アズラーイール (Azurāīru)
Kazakh: Әзірейіл (Äzireyil)
Malay: Izrail
Polish: Azrael m
Portuguese: Azrael m
Romanian: Azrael m
Russian: Азраи́л (ru) m (Azraíl)
Spanish: Azrael m
Uyghur: ئەزرائىل‎ (ezra'il)

Further reading

Azrael on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Elazar, rezala

Portuguese

Proper noun

Azrael m

(Christianity, Judaism, Islam) Azrael (angel of death)

Spanish

Proper noun

Azrael m

Azrael (angel of death)

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