ميكائيل
Arabic
Alternative forms
- مِيكَال (mīkāl) — used in the Qur'an
- مِيخَائِيل (mīḵāʔīl) — used by Christians
Etymology
From an archaic Aramaic form ancestral to Classical Syriac ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (mīḵāʾēl), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miː.kaː.ʔiːl/
Proper noun
مِيكَائِيل • (mīkāʔīl) m
- The archangel Michael.
- a male given name, equivalent to English Michael
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | مِيكَائِيل mīkāʔīl |
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| nominative | — | مِيكَائِيلُ mīkāʔīlu |
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| accusative | — | مِيكَائِيلَ mīkāʔīla |
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| genitive | — | مِيكَائِيلَ mīkāʔīla |
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Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: Mikayıl
- → Kazakh: Миқайл (Miqail)
- → Ottoman Turkish: میكائیل (mikail)
- → Persian: میکائیل (mikâ'il)
- → Tajik: Микоил (Mikoyil)
- → Urdu: میکائیل (mekāel)
- → Uyghur: مىكائىل (mika'il)
- → Uzbek: Mikoil
References
- van Putten, Marijn (2020), "Classical and Modern Standard Arabic", in Arabic and Contact-induced Change (eds. Manfredi and Lucas)