هل
See also: ہل
Arabic
Etymology
Univerbation of هَـ (ha-, now interrogative أَ (ʔa)) + لـ (l-, affirmative particle, found as لَـ (la-, “truly”) and the exhortative لِـ (li-) the vowel of which disappears between فَـ (fa-) or وَ (wa) and a following verb).
Pronunciation
Particle
هَلْ • (hal)
- Interrogative particle that is added to the beginning of a declarative sentence to change it into a yes-or-no question.
See also
- أَ (ʔa)
References
- Tropper, Josef (2003) “Sekundäres wortanlautendes Alif im Arabischen”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, pages 200–201
Persian
Alternative forms
- هیل (hil)
Etymology 1
From earlier هیل (hil), ultimately from Sanskrit एला (elā), borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *ēla.
Noun
هل • (hel)
Borrowed terms
- Arabic: هَيْل (hayl), هال (hāl)
- Middle Armenian: հէլ (hēl), հիլ (hil)
- Armenian: հիլ (hil)
- Azerbaijani: Һил (hil)
- Bashkardi:
- Georgian: ილი (ili)
- Hebrew: הֵל (hel)
- Pashto: هیل (hale)
References
- Hūšang Aʿlam (December 15, 1990), "Cardamom", Encyclopædia Iranica
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian ʾwl (ul, “up(wards)”).
Noun
هل • (hol)
Derived terms
- هل دادن (hol dâdan)
Etymology 3
Verb
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- Arabic univerbations
- Arabic 1-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Arabic lemmas
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- Arabic terms with usage examples
- Arabic interrogative particles
- Persian terms derived from Sanskrit
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Dravidian
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian