حلزون

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic חְלָזֹונָא / ܚܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ (ḥəlāzōnā, “snail”). This has been reckoned to be from Ancient Greek ἑλικών (helikṓn) or ἑλικόν (helikón), but visibly it bears the diminutive ending -ōnā, relating to a base verb “to crawl”, see حِسْل (ḥisl, “young of a spiny-tailed lizard”).

Noun

حَلَزُون • (ḥalazūn) m (collective, singulative حَلَزُونَة f (ḥalazūna))

snail (a mollusk with a coiled shell)
pastry in the form of a snail or helix

Declension

Declension of noun **حَلَزُون** (ḥalazūn)
collective	basic collective triptote
collective	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلَزُون ḥalazūn	الْحَلَزُون al-ḥalazūn	حَلَزُون ḥalazūn
nominative	حَلَزُونٌ ḥalazūnun	الْحَلَزُونُ al-ḥalazūnu	حَلَزُونُ ḥalazūnu
accusative	حَلَزُونًا ḥalazūnan	الْحَلَزُونَ al-ḥalazūna	حَلَزُونَ ḥalazūna
genitive	حَلَزُونٍ ḥalazūnin	الْحَلَزُونِ al-ḥalazūni	حَلَزُونِ ḥalazūni
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
singulative	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلَزُونَة ḥalazūna	الْحَلَزُونَة al-ḥalazūna	حَلَزُونَة ḥalazūnat
nominative	حَلَزُونَةٌ ḥalazūnatun	الْحَلَزُونَةُ al-ḥalazūnatu	حَلَزُونَةُ ḥalazūnatu
accusative	حَلَزُونَةً ḥalazūnatan	الْحَلَزُونَةَ al-ḥalazūnata	حَلَزُونَةَ ḥalazūnata
genitive	حَلَزُونَةٍ ḥalazūnatin	الْحَلَزُونَةِ al-ḥalazūnati	حَلَزُونَةِ ḥalazūnati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلَزُونَتَيْن ḥalazūnatayn	الْحَلَزُونَتَيْن al-ḥalazūnatayn	حَلَزُونَتَيْ ḥalazūnatay
nominative	حَلَزُونَتَانِ ḥalazūnatāni	الْحَلَزُونَتَانِ al-ḥalazūnatāni	حَلَزُونَتَا ḥalazūnatā
accusative	حَلَزُونَتَيْنِ ḥalazūnatayni	الْحَلَزُونَتَيْنِ al-ḥalazūnatayni	حَلَزُونَتَيْ ḥalazūnatay
genitive	حَلَزُونَتَيْنِ ḥalazūnatayni	الْحَلَزُونَتَيْنِ al-ḥalazūnatayni	حَلَزُونَتَيْ ḥalazūnatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
paucal (3-10)	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلَزُونَات ḥalazūnāt	الْحَلَزُونَات al-ḥalazūnāt	حَلَزُونَات ḥalazūnāt
nominative	حَلَزُونَاتٌ ḥalazūnātun	الْحَلَزُونَاتُ al-ḥalazūnātu	حَلَزُونَاتُ ḥalazūnātu
accusative	حَلَزُونَاتٍ ḥalazūnātin	الْحَلَزُونَاتِ al-ḥalazūnāti	حَلَزُونَاتِ ḥalazūnāti
genitive	حَلَزُونَاتٍ ḥalazūnātin	الْحَلَزُونَاتِ al-ḥalazūnāti	حَلَزُونَاتِ ḥalazūnāti

Noun

حَلَزُون • (ḥalazūn) m

spiral, helix

Declension

Declension of noun **حَلَزُون** (ḥalazūn)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلَزُون ḥalazūn	الْحَلَزُون al-ḥalazūn	حَلَزُون ḥalazūn
nominative	حَلَزُونٌ ḥalazūnun	الْحَلَزُونُ al-ḥalazūnu	حَلَزُونُ ḥalazūnu
accusative	حَلَزُونًا ḥalazūnan	الْحَلَزُونَ al-ḥalazūna	حَلَزُونَ ḥalazūna
genitive	حَلَزُونٍ ḥalazūnin	الْحَلَزُونِ al-ḥalazūni	حَلَزُونِ ḥalazūni

Derived terms

حَلَزُونِيّ (ḥalazūniyy)

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: խալիզոն (xalizon), խալիզուն (xalizun)
- Armenian: խալիզոն (xalizon) (Hadjin), Armenian: խօ̈լո̈ւզո̈ւն (xölüzün) (Zeytun)
→ Medieval Latin: halsut, alzom, alzon
→ Ottoman Turkish: حلزون (halezon, halezun)
- Turkish: helezon
→ Persian: حلزون (halazun)

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “حلزون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 315
Eisenstein, Herbert (1991) Einführung in die arabische Zoographie: das tierkundliche Wissen in der arabisch-islamischen Literatur (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, page 62
Freytag, Georg (1830) “حلزون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 417
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume 46, page 238
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 305
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “حلزون”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 626.
Müller, Friedrich (1894) “Pahlawi, neupersische und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, page 285
Ruska, Julius (1931) Turba philosophorum: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Alchemie (in German), Berlin, page 28
Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “حلزون”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎^[4] (in German), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 538

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَزُون (ḥalazūn), from Aramaic חְלָזֹונָא / ܚܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ (ḥəlāzōnā, “snail”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.la.zoːn/, [ħa.la.zo̞ːn]

Noun

حلزون • (ḥalazōn) m (collective, singulative حلزونة f (ḥalazōna), plural حلزونات (ḥalazōnāt))

snail

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَزُون (ḥalazūn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ha.la.ˈzuːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.lä.zuːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.zuːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.zun]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.læ.zuːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.lä.zun]

Readings
Classical reading^?	halazūn
Dari reading^?	halazūn
Iranian reading^?	halazun
Tajik reading^?	halazun

Noun

حلزون • (halazun)

snail