هلال
See also: ہلال
Arabic
Etymology
Cognate with Hebrew ה־ל־ל (“Forming words relating to being clear and shining”, root) and Ugaritic 𐎅𐎍𐎍 (hll).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi.laːl/
Noun
هِلَال • (hilāl) m (plural أَهِلَّة (ʔahilla))
- crescent, crescent moon
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:189:
- يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَهِلَّةِ ۖ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلْحَجِّ ۗ وَلَيْسَ ٱلْبِرُّ بِأَن تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ ۗ وَأْتُوا ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا ٱللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
- yasʔalūnaka ʕani l-ʔahillati qul hiya mawāqītu li-n-nāsi wa-lḥajji walaysa l-birru biʔan taʔtū l-buyūta min ẓuhūrihā walākinna l-birra mani ttaqā waʔtū l-buyūta min ʔabwābihā wattaqū llāha laʕallakum tufliḥūna
- They ask thee about the crescents. Say: "They are fixed seasons for mankind and for the pilgrimage". It is not righteousness that ye go to houses by the backs thereof, but the righteous man is he who wardeth off. So go to houses by the gates thereof, and observe your duty to Allah, that ye may be successful.
- moonlight, glow, aura
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | هِلَال hilāl |
الْهِلَال al-hilāl |
هِلَال hilāl |
| nominative | هِلَالٌ hilālun |
الْهِلَالُ al-hilālu |
هِلَالُ hilālu |
| accusative | هِلَالًا hilālan |
الْهِلَالَ al-hilāla |
هِلَالَ hilāla |
| genitive | هِلَالٍ hilālin |
الْهِلَالِ al-hilāli |
هِلَالِ hilāli |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | هِلَالَيْن hilālayn |
الْهِلَالَيْن al-hilālayn |
هِلَالَيْ hilālay |
| nominative | هِلَالَانِ hilālāni |
الْهِلَالَانِ al-hilālāni |
هِلَالَا hilālā |
| accusative | هِلَالَيْنِ hilālayni |
الْهِلَالَيْنِ al-hilālayni |
هِلَالَيْ hilālay |
| genitive | هِلَالَيْنِ hilālayni |
الْهِلَالَيْنِ al-hilālayni |
هِلَالَيْ hilālay |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَهِلَّة ʔahilla |
الْأَهِلَّة al-ʔahilla |
أَهِلَّة ʔahillat |
| nominative | أَهِلَّةٌ ʔahillatun |
الْأَهِلَّةُ al-ʔahillatu |
أَهِلَّةُ ʔahillatu |
| accusative | أَهِلَّةً ʔahillatan |
الْأَهِلَّةَ al-ʔahillata |
أَهِلَّةَ ʔahillata |
| genitive | أَهِلَّةٍ ʔahillatin |
الْأَهِلَّةِ al-ʔahillati |
أَهِلَّةِ ʔahillati |
Derived terms
- الْهِلَال الْخَصِيب (al-hilāl al-ḵaṣīb, “Fertile Crescent”)
- اَلْهِلَال الْأَحْمَر (al-hilāl al-ʔaḥmar, “Red Crescent”)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: hilal
- → English: hilal
- → Ottoman Turkish: هلال
- → Persian: هلال (helâl)
- → Polish: hilal
- → Swahili: hilali
- → Uzbek: hilol
Proper noun
هِلَال • (hilāl) ?
- a surname
Anagrams
- اللّٰه (allāh)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic هِلَال (hilāl, “crescent, crescent moon”).
Noun
هلال • (hilâl) (definite accusative هلالی (hilâli), plural اهله (ehille))
- crescent, the figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon
- Synonym: ماهچه (mahçe)
- (anatomy) lunula, the crescent-shaped whitish or pale area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail
Derived terms
- هلال ابرو (hilâl ebru, “crescent-eyebrowed”)
- هلال احمر (hilâl-i âhmer, “Red Crescent”)
- هلال اوتی (hilâl otu, “buck's-horn plantain”)
- هلالواری (hilâlvari, “after the fashion of a crescent”)
- هلالی (hilâlî, “crescent-shaped”)
- هلالیه (hilâliye, “common celandine”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “هلال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 853
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hilal1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1965
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “hilâl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 441
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هلال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1325
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Luna nascens”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 981
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “هلال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 5482
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hilal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هلال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2167
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic هِلَال (hilāl).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /hi.ˈlaːl/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hɪ.lɑ́ːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [he.lɒ́ːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hi.lɔ́l]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hilāl |
| Dari reading? | hilāl |
| Iranian reading? | helâl |
| Tajik reading? | hilol |
Noun
هلال • (helâl)
Descendants
- → Bengali: হেলাল (helal)
- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi: hilāl
- Gurmukhi script: ਹਿਲਾਲ
- Shahmukhi script: ہِلال
- → Sindhi:
Anagrams
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ه ل ل |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
هلال • (hilāl) m