רחל

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *raḫil- (“ewe”). Cognate with Aramaic רַחְלָא‎ (raḥlā) (absolutive: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)), Arabic رَخِل‎ (raḵil) (also رِخْل‎ (riḵl)).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈχel/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /raːˈχeːl/ → /raːˈħeːl/
Audio (file)

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 (Ṙakʿēl)
  - → Armenian: Ռաքել (Ṙakʿel)
- → 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
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). 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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