هيكل

See also: هیکل and هیكل

Arabic

Etymology

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. structure
3. framework
4. 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
• → Azerbaijani: həykəl
• → Ge'ez: ሀይከል (häykäl)
• → Classical Persian: هَیکَل (haykal)
  • Tajik: ҳайкал (haykal)
    • → Uzbek: haykal
  • → Azerbaijani: heykəl
  • → Bashkir: һәйкәл (həykəl)
  • → English: heykel
  • → Northern Kurdish: heykel
  • → Tatar: һәйкәл (häykäl)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: هیکل (heykel)
    • Turkish: heykel
  • → Zazaki: heykel
• → Swahili: hekalu
• → Turkmen: heýkel
• → Uyghur: ھەيكەل (heykel)
• → Uzbek: haykal

Proper noun

هَيْكَل • (haykal) m or f

1. a surname, Haykal