هيكل

See also: هیکل and هیكل

Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal /⁠ēgal⁠/)

Akkadian 𒂍𒃲 (ēkallum)

Proto-West Semitic

Arabic هيكل

Inherited from Proto-West Semitic, from Akkadian 𒂍𒃲 (ēkallum), from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal /⁠ēgal⁠/, literally “big temple/palace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haj.kal/

Noun

هَيْكَل • (haykal) m (plural هَيَاكِل (hayākil))

1. temple

   هَيْكَل سُلَيْمَان ― haykal sulaymān ― Solomon's Temple

2. (sculpture) structure
3. framework
4. (anatomy, anatomy) skeleton
5. altar (of a church, etc)
6. chassis (of a car)
7. casing

Declension

Declension of noun هَيْكَل (haykal)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَيْكَل haykal	الْهَيْكَل al-haykal	هَيْكَل haykal
nominative	هَيْكَلٌ haykalun	الْهَيْكَلُ al-haykalu	هَيْكَلُ haykalu
accusative	هَيْكَلًا haykalan	الْهَيْكَلَ al-haykala	هَيْكَلَ haykala
genitive	هَيْكَلٍ haykalin	الْهَيْكَلِ al-haykali	هَيْكَلِ haykali
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَيْكَلَيْن haykalayn	الْهَيْكَلَيْن al-haykalayn	هَيْكَلَيْ haykalay
nominative	هَيْكَلَانِ haykalāni	الْهَيْكَلَانِ al-haykalāni	هَيْكَلَا haykalā
accusative	هَيْكَلَيْنِ haykalayni	الْهَيْكَلَيْنِ al-haykalayni	هَيْكَلَيْ haykalay
genitive	هَيْكَلَيْنِ haykalayni	الْهَيْكَلَيْنِ al-haykalayni	هَيْكَلَيْ haykalay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَيَاكِل hayākil	الْهَيَاكِل al-hayākil	هَيَاكِل hayākil
nominative	هَيَاكِلُ hayākilu	الْهَيَاكِلُ al-hayākilu	هَيَاكِلُ hayākilu
accusative	هَيَاكِلَ hayākila	الْهَيَاكِلَ al-hayākila	هَيَاكِلَ hayākila
genitive	هَيَاكِلَ hayākila	الْهَيَاكِلِ al-hayākili	هَيَاكِلِ hayākili

Descendants

• → English: haikal
• → Ge'ez: ሀይከል (häykäl)
• → Classical Persian: هَیکَل (haykal)
  • Tajik: ҳайкал (haykal)
  • → Azerbaijani: heykəl
  • → Bashkir: һәйкәл (häykäl)
  • → English: heykel
  • → Northern Kurdish: heykel
  • → Tatar: һәйкәл (häykäl)
  • → Chagatai:
    • Uzbek: haykal
    • Uyghur: ھەيكەل (heykel)
  • → Zazaki: heykel
• → Swahili: hekalu
• → Turkmen: heýkel
• → Ottoman Turkish: هیكل (heykel)
  • Turkish: heykel

Proper noun

هَيْكَل • (haykal) m or f

1. a surname, Haykal