хеле

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هله (hele, “especially”), from Classical Persian هله (hala, “pay attention!”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxɛlɛ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
• Syllabification^(key): хе‧ле

Adverb

хе́ле • (héle) (dialectal)

1. at last, finally

   Хеле, пристигнахме! ― Hele, pristignahme! ― At last, we have arrived!

2. especially, particularly

   Тука има хеле много. ― Tuka ima hele mnogo. ― Here, there is especially much [of something].

Alternative forms

• е́ле (éle) — with colloquial elision of initial #x-

References

• “хеле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “хеле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1904), “хе́ле”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 496

Tajik

Alternative forms

• хело (xelo)
• хела (xela) — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian خَیْلی (xaylē). Synchronically analyzable as хел (xel, “group, squadron”) +‎ -е (-ye, “indefinite marker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xele/, [χe.le]

Adverb

хеле • (xele) (Persian spelling خیلی)

1. very

   Synonyms: бисёр (bisyor), (colloquial) ҷудо (judo), ганда (ganda)

Determiner

хеле • (xele)

1. many, a lot of

Further reading

• “хеле”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026