English
Etymology
From its location on the western side of the Temple Mount.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Western Wall
- (Judaism) An ancient wall on the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a remnant of the Jewish Second Temple, and the holiest site in Judaism.
- Synonyms: Wailing Wall, Kotel, Buraq Wall
Translations
ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple
- Arabic: حَائِط الْبُرَاق m (ḥāʔiṭ al-burāq), حَائِط الْغَرْبِي m (ḥāʔiṭ al-ḡarbī)
- Armenian: Լացի պատ (Lacʻi pat), Արևմտյան պատ (Arewmtyan pat)
- Azerbaijani: Ağlama divarı
- Basque: Erosten harresia
- Belarusian: Сцяна́ пла́чу f (Scjaná pláču)
- Bulgarian: Стена на плача f (Stena na plača)
- Catalan: Mur de les Lamentacions m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 西牆 / 西墙 (zh) (Xīqiáng), 哭牆 / 哭墙 (zh) (Kūqiáng)
- Czech: Zeď nářků m, Západní zeď m
- Danish: Grædemuren c, Klagemuren c, (very rare) Vestmuren c
- Dutch: Westmuur (nl) m, Westelijke muur m, Klaagmuur (nl) m
- Esperanto: Muro de lamentadoj, Okcidenta Muro
- Estonian: Nutumüür
- Faroese: Grátimúrurin m, Vesturmúrurin m
- Finnish: Länsimuuri, Itkumuuri, Valitusmuuri
- French: Mur des Lamentations m
- Galician: Muro dos Lamentos m, Muro das Lamentacións m
- German: Klagemauer (de) f
- Greek: Δυτικό Τείχος n (Dytikó Teíchos), Τείχος των Δακρύων n (Teíchos ton Dakrýon)
- Hebrew: הכותל המערבי \ הַכֹּתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי (he) m (hakótel hama'araví), (informal) הכותל \ הַכֹּתֶל (he) m (hakótel)
- Hindi: पश्चिमी दीवार f (paścimī dīvār)
- Hungarian: Siratófal, Nyugati Fal
- Icelandic: Grátmúrinn m
- Indonesian: Tembok Ratapan
- Italian: Muro del Pianto m, (rare) Muro Occidentale m
- Japanese: 嘆きの壁 (なげきのかべ, Nageki no Kabe)
- Javanese: Témbok Sesambat
- Korean: 통곡의 벽 (Tonggogui byeok), 서벽 (Seobyeok)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: دیواری ڕۆژئاوا (dîwarî roj'awa)
- Latvian: Raudu mūris m
- Lithuanian: Raudų siena f, Vakarinė siena f
- Macedonian: Ѕид на плачот m (Dzid na plačot), Западни ѕид m (Zapadni dzid)
- Malay: Tembok Meratap, Tembok Barat
- Malayalam: വിലാപമതിൽ (vilāpamatil)
- Manx: Boalley yn Accan, Boalley Heear
- Norman: Murâle ès Plleurs f, (Jersey) Muthâle ès Plieurs f
- Norwegian: Vestmuren m, Klagemuren m
- Persian: دیوار ندبه (divâr-e nodbe)
- Polish: Ściana Płaczu f, Mur Zachodni m
- Portuguese: Muro das Lamentações m, Muro Ocidental m
- Punjabi:
- Western Punjabi: دیوار گریہ
- Romanian: Zidul Plângerii n
- Russian: Стена́ Пла́ча (ru) f (Stená Pláča), За́падная Стена́ f (Západnaja Stená)
- Samogitian: Raudū sėina f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Зи̑д плача m, За̑паднӣ зи̑д m
- Latin: Zȋd plača m, Zȃpadnī zȋd m
- Slovak: Múr nárekov m, Západný múr m
- Slovene: Zȋd žalovanja m, Zȋd objokovanja m
- Spanish: Muro de las Lamentaciones m, Muro de los Lamentos m
- Swahili: Ukuta wa Maombolezo class u
- Swedish: Västra muren c, Klagomuren c
- Tamil: மேற்குச் சுவர் (mēṟkuc cuvar), அழுகைச் சுவர் (aḻukaic cuvar), புலம்பற் சுவர் (pulampaṟ cuvar)
- Turkish: Ağlama Duvarı (tr), Batı Duvarı
- Ukrainian: Стіна́ пла́чу f (Stiná pláču)
- Urdu: دیوار گریہ m (dīvār-i girya)
- Vietnamese: Bức tường Than Khóc
- Waray-Waray: Katundan nga Bungbong
- Yiddish: כּותל־מערבֿי m (koysl-ma(a)rovi), מערב־וואַנט f (mayrev-vant)
- Zazaki: Dêsê Bermayışi
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