Akkadian

Noun

𒂍𒃲 ‎(ekallu [É.GAL])

1. palace
2. temple

Sumerian

Etymology

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

Noun

𒂍𒃲 ‎(É.GAL)

1. palace
2. temple

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒂍𒃲 ‎(ekallu [É.GAL])
  • → 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
    • Aramaic:
      • Biblical Aramaic: הֵיכְלָא ‎(hēḵəlā)
      • Classical Syriac: ܗܝܟܠܐ ‎(haykəlā, hēḵəlā)
      • Official Aramaic: 𐡄𐡉𐡊𐡋𐡀 ‎(hyklʾ)
      • → Ancient Greek: ἀειχάλας ‎(aeikhálas)
    • Hebrew: הֵיכָל ‎(hêḵāl)
    • Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎋𐎍 ‎(hêkal [hkl])

References

• 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