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هَيْكَل
structure, framework, or skeleton /ˈhaj.kal/
nounB2#3285 most common
Also: chassis (of a vehicle), temple or sanctuary (especially Solomon's Temple), organizational framework
Example sentences
هَذا هَيْكَلٌ عَظْمِيٌّ.
This is a skeleton.
هَيْكَلُ السَّيّارَةِ مَصْنوعٌ مِنَ الحَديدِ.
The car's chassis is made of iron.
يَعمَلُ العُمّالُ عَلى بِناءِ هَيْكَلِ المَبنى الجَديدِ.
The workers are building the frame of the new building.
يُعتَبَرُ هَيْكَلُ سُلَيْمانَ مِن أَهَمِّ المَعالِمِ الدّينِيَّةِ في التّاريخِ.
Solomon's Temple is considered one of the most important religious landmarks in history.
أَعادَ الأَطِبّاءُ تَركيبَ الهَيْكَلِ العَظْمِيِّ لِدِراسَتِهِ في الجامِعَةِ.
The doctors reassembled the skeleton to study it at the university.
يَحتاجُ الهَيْكَلُ التَّنظيميُّ لِلشَّرِكَةِ إلى إعادَةِ هَيْكَلَةٍ شامِلَةٍ لِمُواكَبَةِ التَّحَدِّياتِ الاقْتِصادِيَّةِ.
The company's organizational structure needs a full restructuring to keep pace with economic pressures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هَيْكَلٌ | هَياكِلُ |
| Genitive | هَيْكَلٍ | هَياكِلَ |
| Accusative | هَيْكَلاً | هَياكِلَ |
| Vocative | يا هَيْكَلُ | يا هَياكِلُ |
Word family
هَياكِلskeletons, structures (plural)
هَيْكَلَةrestructuring
هَيْكَلِيّstructural
هَيْكَلَto structure, to restructure
Etymology
The word came into Arabic from Aramaic and Syriac haykla, meaning palace or temple. That word in turn goes back to Akkadian ekallu, palace, which was itself borrowed from Sumerian é.gal, literally big house. Arabic kept the sense of a grand building, especially a temple, and later widened it to cover any skeleton or supporting framework. This is a Semitic loan chain, not an Indo-European one.
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