ܐܝܠ
Classical Syriac
[ʔe(j)l], [ʔe(j)l], [(ʔə)jɑl]
proper noun
Definitions
- (religion) El, God
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew (modern) אֵל (God, god) derived from Proto-Semitic *ʾil- (god, deity).
Origin
Proto-Semitic
*ʾil-
Gloss
god, deity
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
神
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- أله Arabic
- إلاهة Arabic
- إله Arabic
- إِلٰه Arabic
- اللّٰه Arabic
- اَللّٰه Arabic
- Él Old Irish
- אֵל Hebrew (modern)
- אל Hebrew (modern)
- אלוה Hebrew (modern)
- אלוהים Hebrew (modern)
- אלעזר Hebrew (modern)
- אריאל Hebrew (modern)
- גַּבְרִיאֵל Hebrew (modern)
- ישמעאל Hebrew (modern)
- כרמל Hebrew (modern)
- מיכאל Hebrew (modern)
- עזאזל Hebrew (modern)
- עזראל Hebrew (modern)
- *ʾil- Proto-Semitic
- איל Aramaic
- אלהא Aramaic
- 𒀭 Akkadian
- 𐤀𐤋 Phoenician
- 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎 Phoenician
- 𐤀𐤋𐤌 Phoenician
- 𐎛𐎍 Ugaritic
- 𐩱𐩡 Old South Arabian
- 𐩱𐩡𐩠𐩩 Old South Arabian
- ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ Mandaic
- ࠀࠋ Samaritan Aramaic
- ࠀࠋࠄࠉࠌ Samaritan Hebrew
- 𐤀𐤋𐤌 Ammonite