athel

Meaning

Noun

A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.

Adj

1. (obsolete) noble, highborn
2. (obsolete) excellent, splendid, fine
3. (obsolete) genuine, sincere, devout

Translations

noble

adel

nòble

nobre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæθəl/

Etymology

From Arabic أَثَل (ʔaṯal).