רחל

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ר־ח־ל(r-kh-l)
1 term

FromProto-Semitic*raḫil-(“ewe”).Cognate withAramaicרַחְלָא(raḥlā)(absolutive:רְחֵל(rəḥēl)),Arabicرَخِل(raḵil)(alsoرِخْل(riḵl)).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew)IPA^(key):/raːˈχil/→/raːˈħil/
• (Tiberian Hebrew)IPA^(key):/rɔːˈħeːl/ [ʀɔˑˈħeː.el]
• (Yemenite Hebrew)IPA^(key):/rɔˈħel/ [rɔ(ː)ˈħeːl]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew)IPA^(key):/ʁ̞aˈχel/

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Noun

רָחֵל•(rakhél)f(plural indefiniteרְחֵלִיםorרְחֵלוֹת,masculine counterpartאַיִל)

1. ewe

Proper noun

רָחֵל•(rakhél)f

1. (biblical)Rachel
2. a femalegiven name,equivalent to EnglishRachel

Descendants

• →German:Rahel
• →Ancient Greek:Ῥαχήλ(Rhakhḗl)
  • →Old Armenian:Ռաքէլ(Ṙakʻēl)
    • →Armenian:Ռաքել(Ṙakʻel)
  • →Late Latin:Rachel
    • →English:Rachel
      • →Chinese:Kéo kết／Kéo kết(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,page205
• “רחל”in theHebrew Terms Databaseof the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• רחלon the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia^he

Yiddish

Etymology

FromHebrewרָחֵל(rakhél).Doubletofרייטשעל(reytshel).

Pronunciation

• (YIVO,Northeastern)IPA^(key):/ˈrɔχl̩/
• (Poylish)IPA^(key):/ˈruːχl̩/
• (Ukrainish)IPA^(key):/ˈruχl̩/

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• Audio(Poylish):

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Proper noun

רחל•(rokhl)f

1. (biblical)Rachel
2. a femalegiven name,equivalent to EnglishRachel