*gdl: 'tower'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	migdāl (HALOT 543)	HALOT 543	gloss withheld
Moabite	mgdl (HALOT 543)	HALOT 543	gloss withheld
Phoenician	mgdl (HALOT 543)	HALOT 543	gloss withheld
Punic	Neo-Punic [mig]dal (Krahmalkov 269)	Krahmalkov 269	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	migdǝlāʾ (HALOT 543)	HALOT 543	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	magdal, magdlā 'a tower, bulwark' (Payne Smith 249)	Payne Smith 249
Epigraphic South Arabian	mgdl (HALOT 543)	HALOT 543	gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic mgdl (Al-Jallad 2026, 49)	Al-Jallad 2026 49	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	mgdl (DULAT 524)	DULAT 524	gloss withheld

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Noun of the root of 875 *gVdVl- 'big'. HALOT 543 derives Arabic mijdal from Old South Arabian mgdl and lists Coptic megtol.

Updated 25 October 2026