وهلة

Arabic

Root
و ه ل (w-h-l)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wah.la/

Noun

وَهْلَة • (wahla) f

1. fright, terror
2. instant, moment

   أَوَدُّ ٱلْحَدِيثَ مَعَكَ لِوَهْلَةٍ عَلَى ٱنْفِرَادٍ

   ʔawaddu l-ḥadīṯa maʕaka li-wahlatin ʕala nfirādin

   I want to talk with you alone for a moment.

Declension

Declension of noun وَهْلَة (wahla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَهْلَة wahla	الْوَهْلَة al-wahla	وَهْلَة wahlat
Nominative	وَهْلَةٌ wahlatun	الْوَهْلَةُ al-wahlatu	وَهْلَةُ wahlatu
Accusative	وَهْلَةً wahlatan	الْوَهْلَةَ al-wahlata	وَهْلَةَ wahlata
Genitive	وَهْلَةٍ wahlatin	الْوَهْلَةِ al-wahlati	وَهْلَةِ wahlati

Descendants

• → Hausa: wàhalā̀
  • → Yoruba: wàhálà, وَهَلَ; wàálà
    • → Krio: wahala
    • → Nigerian Pidgin: wahala

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وهلة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen