هلو

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /halaw/

Interjection

هَلَوْ (halaw)

1. hello (greeting)

Malay

Interjection

هلو

1. Jawi spelling of halo.‎

Noun

هلو (plural هلو-هلو or هلو٢)

1. Jawi spelling of halo.‎

Persian

Etymology 1

A Northwestern Iranian doublet of آلو (âlu, “plum”), compare Mazanderani هلی (halī, “plum”), Northern Kurdish hilîk, hilûk, halûk, helûje, hulîk, hulûk, helû, hulû etc., Central Kurdish هەڵووچە (hellûçe), هەڵووژە (hellûje, “plum”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ho.luː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ho.luː]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [huː.luː]

Readings
Iranian reading?	holu

Noun

Dari	شَفتالُو
Iranian Persian	هُلو
Tajik	шафтолу

هلو • (holu) (plural هلوها)

1. (Iran) peach

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hulu

Adjective

هلو • (holu) (comparative هلوتَر, superlative هلوتَرین)

1. (chiefly Iran, slang) stunning, sexy, attractive, pretty

Antonyms

• لولو (lulu)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.loː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.loː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.loː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lʊː]

Readings
Dari reading?	halō

Interjection

هلو • (halô)

1. (Dari, on phone) hello

   Synonym: سلام (salâm)