هلو

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /halaw/

Interjection

هَلَوْ (halaw)

1. hello (greeting)

Malay

Interjection

هلو

1. Jawi spelling of halo‎.

Noun

هلو (plural هلو-هلو or هلو۲, informal 1st possessive هلوکو, 2nd possessive هلومو, 3rd possessive هلوڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of halo‎.

Persian

Etymology 1

A Northwestern Iranian doublet of آلو (âlu, “plum”), compare Mazanderani هلی (halī, “plum”), Northern Kurdish hilîk, hilûk, halûk, helûje, hulîk, hulûk, helû, hulû etc., Central Kurdish هەڵووچە (hellûçe), هەڵووژە (hellûje, “plum”).

Pronunciation

• (Iran) IPA^(key): /hoˈluː/, [hʊˈlu(ː)]

Noun

Dari	شَفتالُو
Iranian Persian	هُلو
Tajik	шафтолу

هلو • (holu) (plural هلوها (holu-hâ))

1. (Iran) peach

Adjective

هلو • (holu) (comparative هلوتَر (holu-tar), superlative هلوتَرین (holu-tarin))

1. (chiefly Iran, slang) stunning, sexy, attractive, pretty

Antonyms

• لولو (lulu)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.loː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.loː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.loː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lʊː]

Readings
Dari reading?	halō

Interjection

هلو • (halô)

1. (Dari, on phone) hello

   Synonym: سلام (salâm)