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)

1. ewe

Coordinate terms

• אַיִל (áyil)

Proper noun

רָחֵל • (rakhél) f

1. Rachel (Biblical character)
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel.

Descendants

• → German: Rahel
• → Ancient Greek: Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl)
  • → Armenian: Ռաքել (Ṙakʻel)
  • → Late Latin: Rachel
    • → English: Rachel
      • → Chinese: 拉結／拉结 (Lājiē)
      • → Yiddish: רייטשעל‎ (reytshel‎)
    • → 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

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew רָחֵל. Doublet of רייטשעל (reytshel).

Proper noun

רחל • (rokhl) f

1. Rachel (Biblical character)
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel