Azrael

See also: Azraël

English

Artistic depiction of Azrael, the Angel of Death.

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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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

Proper noun

Azrael

1. The angel of death in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, and in Islam.
   • 1915, Gilbert K[eith] Chesterton, “[War Poems.] Lepanto.”, in Poems, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1916, →OCLC, page 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): Death, the Grim Reaper, the reaper, the pale rider, the rider, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp
• (angel of death): Azrail, Izrail (Arabic, Islam)

Translations

angel of death

• Arabic: عَزْرَائِيل (ar) m (ʕazrāʔīl), عِزْرَائِيل (ar) m (ʕizrāʔīl), مَلَك اَلْمَوْت m (malak al-mawt)
• Azerbaijani: əzrail
• Bashkir: Ғазраил (Ğazrail)
• Bengali: আজরাইল (bn) (ajrail)
• 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

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Azrael m

1. Azrael (angel of death)