ميكائيل

See also: میكائیل, میکائیل, and مىكائىل

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

1. The archangel Michael.
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Michael

Declension

Declension of noun مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	مِيكَائِيل mīkāʔīl	—
Nominative	—	مِيكَائِيلُ mīkāʔīlu	—
Accusative	—	مِيكَائِيلَ mīkāʔīla	—
Genitive	—	مِيكَائِيلَ mīkāʔīla	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Mikayıl
• → Kazakh: Миқайл (Miqail)
• → Ottoman Turkish: میكائیل (mikail)
  • Turkish: Mikail, Mikâil
• → 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)