North Levantine Arabic
- هلأ (alternative spelling)
Etymology
Contraction of هالوقت (ha-l-waʔt, “This time”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
هلق • (hallaʔ)
- now
- Synonym: إسا (ʔissa)
- شو منعمل هلق؟ ― šū mnaʕmil hallaʔ? ― What are we gonna do now?
South Levantine Arabic
Adverb
هلّق • (hallaʔ)
- alternative spelling of هلأ (“now”)