Etymology

heykel

H4E1Y4K5E1L1

Today it means: The chancel or sanctuary of a Coptic church. Full definition →

Classical Persian هَیکَل ← Arabic هَيْكَل
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromهَيْكَل
  2. Classical Persian · borrowed fromهَیکَل
  3. English todayheykel

Borrowed from Classical Persian هَیکَل (haykal), from Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal).

Words from the same roots

Arabicهَيْكَل all →

haikal

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.