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Azrael
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Azraël
English
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Alternative forms
en Azriel
Etymology
From en la Azrahel, from en grc Ἀζαραήλ, from en hbo עֲזַרְאֵל ʿăzarʾēl, possibly via en arc - (compare syc ܥܲܙܪܵܐܹܝܠ ʿazrāʾēl).
Pronunciation
en /ˈæzɹi.əl/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Azrael.wav Southern England
less common en /ˈæzɹeɪ.əl/ /ˈʌzɹɑːˌɛl/
Proper noun
The angel of death in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, and in Islam.
Lepanto 31 And his voice through all the garden is a thunder sent to bring / Black Azrael and Ariel and Ammon on the wing.
Synonyms
personification of death en Death, the Grim Reaper, the reaper, the pale rider, the rider, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp
angel of death en Azrail, en Izrail Arabic, Islam
Translations
angel of death
Arabic: ar عَزْرَائِيل m, ar عِزْرَائِيل m, ar مَلَك اَلْمَوْت m
Azerbaijani: az əzrail
Bashkir: ba Ғазраил
Bengali: bn আজরাইল
Catalan: ca Azrael m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 亞茲拉爾 Yàzīlā'ěr
Dutch: nl Azraël m
Esperanto: eo Azraelo m
French: fr Azraël m
German: de Azrael m
Greek: el Αζραήλ m
Hebrew: he עזראל
Italian: it Azrael m
Japanese: ja アズラーイール Azurāīru
Kazakh: kk Әзірейіл
Malay: ms Izrail
Polish: pl Azrael m
Portuguese: pt Azrael m
Romanian: ro Azrael m
Russian: ru Азраи́л m
Spanish: es Azrael m
Turkish: tr Azrail
Uyghur: ug ئەزرائىل
Further reading
Anagrams
en aaelrz Elazar rezala
en Death Islam Personifications
Portuguese
Proper noun
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pt Christianity Judaism Islam en Azrael angel of death
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
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en Azrael angel of death