хала

See also: халя

Russian

Etymology

From Hebrew חלה (khalá), probably by way of Yiddish חלה (khale).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxaɫə]

Noun

ха́ла • (xála) f inan (genitive ха́лы, nominative plural ха́лы, genitive plural хал)

1. challah, twist

Declension

Declension of ха́ла (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ха́ла xála	ха́лы xály
genitive	ха́лы xály	ха́л xál
dative	ха́ле xále	ха́лам xálam
accusative	ха́лу xálu	ха́лы xály
instrumental	ха́лой, ха́лою xáloj, xáloju	ха́лами xálami
prepositional	ха́ле xále	ха́лах xálax

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Halle.

Noun

хала f (Latin spelling hala)

1. hall

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish خلا (halâ), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic خَلَاء (ḵalāʔ).

Noun

хала f (Latin spelling hala)

1. WC, water closet
2. toilet
3. privy

Synonyms

• клозет, нужник

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish خاله (hâla, hâle), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla).

Noun

хала f (Latin spelling hala)

1. aunt (maternal or paternal)

Synonyms

• тетка

Etymology 4

Noun

хала f (Latin spelling hala)

1. (regional, nonstandard) dragon

Synonyms

• ала