רחל

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Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *raḫil- (“ewe”). Cognate with Aramaic רַחְלָא (raḥlā) (absolutive: רְחֵל (rəḥēl)), Arabic رَخِل (raḵil) (also رِخْل (riḵl)).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈχel/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʀɔˈħel/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /raːˈχil/ → /raːˈħil/
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Noun

רָחֵל • (rakhél) f (plural indefinite רְחֵלִים or רְחֵלוֹת)

ewe

Coordinate terms

אַיִל (áyil)

Proper noun

רָחֵל • (rakhél) f

Rachel (Biblical figure)
a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel

Descendants

→ German: Rahel
→ Ancient Greek: Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl)
- → Old Armenian: Ռաքէլ (Ṙakʻēl)
  - → Armenian: Ռաքել (Ṙakʻel)
- → Late Latin: Rachel
  - → English: Rachel
    - → Chinese: 拉結／拉结 (Lājiē)
    - → Yiddish: רייטשעל (reytshel)
  - → Danish: Rakel
    - → Greenlandic: Alaakkilli
  - → Dutch: Rachel
  - → Esperanto: Raĥel
  - → Estonian: Raahel
  - → Finnish: Raakel
  - → French: Rachel
  - → Galician: Raquel
  - → German: Rachel
  - → Hungarian: Ráchel
  - → Icelandic: Rakel
  - → Italian: Rachele
  - → Lithuanian: Rachelė
  - → Norman: Râché
  - → Norwegian: Rakel
  - → Polish: Rachela
  - → Portuguese: Raquel
    - → Japanese: ラケル (Rakeru)
  - → Spanish: Raquel
  - → Swedish: Rakel
- → Russian: Рахи́ль (Raxílʹ)
→ Hawaiian: Rāhela, Lāhela
→ Maori: Rāhera
→ Yiddish: רחל (Rokhl)

References

Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 205

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew רָחֵל (rakhél). Doublet of רייטשעל (reytshel).

Pronunciation

(YIVO, Litvish) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔχl̩/
(Poylish) IPA^(key): /ˈruːχl̩/
(Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /ˈruχl̩/
Audio (Litvish) (file)
Audio (Poylish) (file)

Proper noun

רחל • (rokhl) f

Rachel (Biblical character)
a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel

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