heykel

Ultimately from Persian هیکل (haykal, heykal, “temple”) / Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal, “temple”), ultimately from Akkadian ēkallum (“temple; palace”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal, “temple; palace”, literally “great house”).

heykel (plural heykels)

1. The chancel or sanctuary of a Coptic church.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:heykel.

Borrowed from Persian هیکل (haykal, heykal), Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal), from Proto-West Semitic, from Akkadian ēkallum, from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal).

heykel m

1. statue

• 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

From Ottoman Turkish هیکل (heykel), from Persian هیکل (haykal, heykal), from Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal), from Proto-West Semitic, from Akkadian ēkallum, from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal).

• IPA^(key): /hejˈcæl/

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heykel (definite accusative heykeli, plural heykeller)

1. statue
2. sculpture

• heykeltıraş

From Persian هیکل (haykal, heykal), Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal), from Proto-West Semitic, from Akkadian ēkallum, from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal).

heykel (plural heykel)

1. (rare) temple
2. statue