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/)

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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^[1], 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)‎^[2], 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