English Explanatory Dictionary

Gimel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Swiss commune.
noun
  1. The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).

Pronunciation

/ʒiˈmɛl/ /ˈɡɪ.məl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-gimel.wav

Word forms

Gimel gimels

Etymology

From Hebrew גימל (gimel); ultimately from Proto-Semitic word for a weapon which was debatably either a staff sling or a throwing stick. Doublet of gamma.

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