حلقوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ل ق (ḥ l q) meaning "to razor something", hence the place or portions severed when slaughtering an animal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħul.quːm/

Noun

حُلْقُوم • (ḥulqūm) m (plural حَلَاقِيم (ḥalāqīm))

1. throat, gullet
2. esophagus, place of the epiglottis
3. trachea, windpipe
4. fauces
5. ellipsis of رَاحَةُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāḥatu l-ḥulqūm)

Declension

Declension of noun حُلْقُوم (ḥulqūm)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حُلْقُوم ḥulqūm	الْحُلْقُوم al-ḥulqūm	حُلْقُوم ḥulqūm
nominative	حُلْقُومٌ ḥulqūmun	الْحُلْقُومُ al-ḥulqūmu	حُلْقُومُ ḥulqūmu
accusative	حُلْقُومًا ḥulqūman	الْحُلْقُومَ al-ḥulqūma	حُلْقُومَ ḥulqūma
genitive	حُلْقُومٍ ḥulqūmin	الْحُلْقُومِ al-ḥulqūmi	حُلْقُومِ ḥulqūmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حُلْقُومَيْن ḥulqūmayn	الْحُلْقُومَيْن al-ḥulqūmayn	حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay
nominative	حُلْقُومَانِ ḥulqūmāni	الْحُلْقُومَانِ al-ḥulqūmāni	حُلْقُومَا ḥulqūmā
accusative	حُلْقُومَيْنِ ḥulqūmayni	الْحُلْقُومَيْنِ al-ḥulqūmayni	حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay
genitive	حُلْقُومَيْنِ ḥulqūmayni	الْحُلْقُومَيْنِ al-ḥulqūmayni	حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلَاقِيم ḥalāqīm	الْحَلَاقِيم al-ḥalāqīm	حَلَاقِيم ḥalāqīm
nominative	حَلَاقِيمُ ḥalāqīmu	الْحَلَاقِيمُ al-ḥalāqīmu	حَلَاقِيمُ ḥalāqīmu
accusative	حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma	الْحَلَاقِيمَ al-ḥalāqīma	حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma
genitive	حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma	الْحَلَاقِيمِ al-ḥalāqīmi	حَلَاقِيمِ ḥalāqīmi

Derived terms

• رَاحَةُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāḥatu l-ḥulqūm, “Turkish delight”)

Descendants

• → Banjarese: halukum
• → Bengali: ওলকম (ōlokom)
• → Chagatai: حلقوم (ḥlqwm /⁠hälqūm⁠/)
  • Uyghur: ھەلقۇم (helqum), ئەلقۇم (elqum)
  • Uzbek: halqum
• → Malay: halkum
• → Swahili: halkumu

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حلقوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “حلقوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate., pages 628-631

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic حُلْقُوم (ḥulqūm).

Noun

حلقوم • (halgūm) m (plural حلاقيم (halāgīm))

1. (anatomy) throat, gullet

References

• Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 57
• Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999), Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 543

Malay

Noun

حلقوم (plural حلقوم-حلقوم or حلقوم٢)

1. Jawi spelling of halkum.‎

Tunisian Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɐl.ˈquːm]

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَاحَةُ الحُلْقُومِ (rāḥatu l-ḥulqūmi)

Noun

حلقوم (ḥalqūm) m

1. lokum

Etymology 2

From Arabic حُلْقُومٌ (ḥulqūmun)

Noun

حلقوم (ḥalqūm) m (plural حلِاقِم (ḥlēqem), diminutive حلِيقِم (ḥlīqem))

1. a large diameter tube