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

The archangel Michael.

Declension

Declension of noun مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl)

Singular	basic singular diptote
Singular	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)

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