רחל
Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *raḫil- (“ewe”). Cognate with Aramaic רַחְלָא (raḥlā) (absolutive: רְחֵל (rəḥēl)), Arabic رَخِل (raḵil) (also رِخْل (riḵl)).
Noun
רָחֵל • (rakhél) f (plural indefinite רחלים or רחלות)
Coordinate terms
- אַיִל (áyil)
Proper noun
רָחֵל • (rakhél) f
- Rachel (Biblical character)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel.
Descendants
- → German: Rahel
- → Ancient Greek: Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl)
- → Armenian: Ռաքել (Ṙakʻel)
- → Late Latin: Rachel
- → English: Rachel
- → Danish: Rakel
- → Greenlandic: Alaakkilli
- → Dutch: Rachel
- → Esperanto: Raĥel
- → Estonian: Raahel
- → Finnish: Raakel
- French: Rachel
- Galician: Raquel
- → German: Rachel
- → Hungarian: Ráchel
- → Icelandic: Rakel
- Italian: Rachele
- → Lithuanian: Rachelė
- Norman: Râché
- → Norwegian: Rakel
- → Polish: Rachela
- Portuguese: Raquel
- → Japanese: ラケル (Rakeru)
- Spanish: Raquel
- → Swedish: Rakel
- → Russian: Рахи́ль (Raxílʹ)
- → Hawaiian: Rāhela, Lāhela
- → Maori: Rāhera
- → Yiddish: רחל (Rokhl)
References
- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 205
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew רָחֵל. Doublet of רייטשעל (reytshel).
Proper noun
רחל • (rokhl) f
- Rachel (Biblical character)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel
Categories:
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew feminine nouns with plurals ending in ־ים
- Hebrew feminine nouns
- Hebrew proper nouns
- Hebrew given names
- Hebrew female given names
- Hebrew nouns with irregular gender counterpart
- he:Sheep
- he:Biblical characters
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish doublets
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish proper nouns
- Yiddish feminine nouns
- Yiddish given names
- Yiddish female given names
- yi:Biblical characters