Where does “هیكل” come from?

هیكل (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic هَيْكَل, from Akkadian 𒂍𒃲, from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲, from Sumerian 𒂍 — house; temple.

هیكل (Ottoman Turkish): any gigantic form or figure, colossus

Definitions

  1. any gigantic form or figure, colossus

Ancestry of “هیكل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicهَيْكَلarmature, framework, skeleton; temple; armature,...
2Akkadian𒂍𒃲palace; temple
3Sumerian𒂍𒃲palace; temple
4Sumerian𒂍house; temple

Words derived from “هیكل”

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