هلا

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic أَهْلًا (ʔahlan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hala/

Interjection

هَلَا • (hala)

1. hi
2. hey (greeting)

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North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• هلق (hallaʼ) (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Contraction of هالوأت (ha-l-waʾt), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic هذا الوقت (hāḏā l-waqt), literally “[at] this time”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /halla(ʔ)/

Adverb

هلا • (hallaʼ, halla)

1. now

   شو منعمل هلأ

   Šū mnaʽmil hallaʼ?

   What are we gonna do now?