אגרטל

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אגרטל

/ʔăɣ.ar.tˤɔːl/
/(ʔ)a.ɡaʁ.ˈtal/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Etymology disputed. Many theories exist, the main ones being:

* From Aramaic קרטל (qarṭāl, “basket”) (Syriac spelling ܩܪܛܠܐ) which itself could be from:

** Hittite 𒄑𒆳𒋫𒀀𒀠 (kurtal-, kartal-)

** Middle Persian glyw' (grīw, “a measure of grain, a peck”) + -dʾl (dār, “holder, keeper, container of”), or

** from Ancient Greek.

* From Ancient Greek κάρταλλος (kártallos, “basket with a pointed bottom”), possibly being from either a native Indo-European source or from Aramaic קרטל (qarṭāl, “basket”).

* the Jerusalem Talmud theorizes that the term is a compound of אָגַר (agar, “to accumulate, to store, to hoard”) + טָלֶה (tale, “lamb”), this combination was because the Agartalim were used to collect the blood of lambs.

noun אֲגַרְטָל · agartál · אֲגַרְטָלִים · אֲגַרְטַל־ · אֲגַרְטְלֵי־

(archaic) a kind of vessel, basin, basket.
vase
Similar: ואזה

In English

vase container used mainly for displaying flowers

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"אגרטל." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%9C. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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אגרטל. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%9C

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {אגרטל},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%9C},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}