𒂍𒃲

Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (É.GAL).

Noun

𒂍𒃲 (ekallu [É.GAL])

Sumerian

FWOTD – 24 November 2017

Etymology

𒂍 (É, “house, temple”) + 𒃲 (GAL, “great, big”)

Noun

𒂍𒃲 (É.GAL)

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒂍𒃲 (É.GAL /ekallu/)
- → West Semitic: (probably)
  - Arabic: هَيْكَل‎ (haykal)
    - → Persian: هیکل‎ (haykal, heykal, “statue, etc.”)
      - Tajik: ҳайкал (haykal)
        → Uzbek: haykal
      - → Azeri: heykəl / هیکل‎
      - → Bashkir: һәйкәл (häykäl)
      - → Kurdish:
        Northern Kurdish: heykel
      - → Ottoman Turkish: هیكل‎ (heykel)
        Turkish: heykel
    - → Swahili: hekalu
  - Aramaic:
    - Biblical Aramaic: הֵיכְלָא‎ (hēḵəlā)
    - Classical Syriac: ܗܝܟܠܐ‎ (haykəlā, hēḵəlā)
      - → Sogdian: 𐼳𐼷𐼸𐽄𐼰‎ (hyklʾ /heykala/, “nave”)
    - Official Aramaic: 𐡄𐡉𐡊𐡋𐡀‎ (hyklʾ)
    - → Ancient Greek: ἀειχάλας (aeikhálas)
  - Hebrew: הֵיכָל‎ (hêḵāl)
  - Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎋𐎍 (hêkal [hkl])

References

Edzard, D.O. (2003) Sumerian Grammar, 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

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