Azrael

See also: Azraël

English

Artistic depiction of Azrael, the Angel of Death, by Evelyn De Morgan.

Alternative forms

Azriel

Etymology

From Latin Azrahel, from Ancient Greek Ἀζαραήλ (Azaraḗl), from Biblical Hebrew עֲזַרְאֵל (ʿăzarʾēl), possibly via Aramaic (compare Classical Syriac ܥܲܙܪܵܐܹܝܠ (ʿazrāʾēl)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæzɹi.əl/
(less common) IPA^(key): /ˈæzɹeɪ.əl/, /ˈʌzɹɑːˌɛl/

Proper noun

Azrael

The angel of death in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, and in Islam.

Synonyms

(personification of death): Death, the Grim Reaper, the reaper, the pale rider, the rider, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp

Translations

angel of death

Arabic: عَزْرَائِيل (ar) m (ʕazrāʔīl), عِزْرَائِيل (ar) m (ʕizrāʔīl), مَلَك اَلْمَوْت m (malak al-mawt)
Azerbaijani: əzrail
Bashkir: Ғазраил (Ğazrail)
Catalan: Azrael m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亞茲拉爾／亚兹拉尔 (Yàzīlā'ěr)
Dutch: Azraël m
Esperanto: Azraelo m
French: Azraël (fr) m
German: Azrael m
Greek: Αζραήλ m (Azraḯl)
Hebrew: עזראל
Italian: Azrael m
Japanese: アズラーイール (Azurāīru)
Kazakh: Әзірейіл (Äzıreiıl)
Malay: Izrail
Polish: Azrael m
Portuguese: Azrael m
Romanian: Azrael m
Russian: Азраи́л (ru) m (Azraíl)
Spanish: Azrael m
Turkish: Azrail (tr)
Uyghur: ئەزرائىل (ezra'il)

Further reading

Azrael on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Elazar, rezala

Portuguese

Proper noun

Azrael m

(Christianity, Judaism, Islam) Azrael (angel of death)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθraˈel/ [aθ̬.raˈel]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asraˈel/ [az.raˈel]
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: Az‧ra‧el

Proper noun

Azrael m

Azrael (angel of death)

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