The story
- Akkadian · derived fromkāpu
- Classical Syriac · derived fromܟܐܦܐ“rock”
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromחיפה
- Arabic · borrowed fromحَيْفَا
- Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromحیفا
- English todayHaifa
From Ottoman Turkish حیفا (hayfa) and Arabic حَيْفَا (ḥayfā), from Biblical Hebrew חיפה (ḥēp̄ɔ̂), from Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (“rock”) presumably in reference to Mount Carmel, from Akkadian kāpu "rock".
Words from the same roots
Classical Syriacܟܐܦܐ all →
Cephas
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.