һәйкәл

Bashkir

Һәйкәл

Etymology

From Persian هیکل (haykal, heykal, statue), from Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal, armature, framework, skeleton), ultimately from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal, palace, temple).

Cognate with Uzbek haykal, Turkish heykel (statue), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hæjˈkæl]
  • Hyphenation: һәй‧кәл

Noun

һәйкәл • (häykäl)

  1. monument
    Билдәһеҙ һалдат һәйкәле.
    Bildäheð haldat häykäle.
    The monument to an unknown soldier (=a cenotaph)
    Был һәйкәлдең Башҡортостанда әлегә тиңе юҡ.
    Bıl häykäldeŋ Başqortostanda älegä tiŋe yuq.
    At this time, there are no peers to this monument in Bashkortostan.
  2. sculpture
    Батыр йәнтөйәгенә ярты быуаттан ҡайтты, тик һәйкәл булып ҡына.
    Batır yäntöyägenä yartı bıwattan qayttı, tik häykäl bulıp qına.
    The hero has (at last) returned to his home place after half a century - but only as a sculpture.

Declension

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