تحولة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح و ل (ḥ-w-l).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taħ.wi.la/

Noun

تَحْوِلَة • (taḥwila) f (plural تَحَاوِل (taḥāwil)) (al-Andalus)

1. field, piece of earth
2. the advanced part of a roof where the rain gains momentum and is hurled away such as is known from a pagoda roof built in place of eavestroughs to ward off the water from the walls
3. A unit of area equivalent to 1,118 m², one thousand one hundred and eighteen square meters

Declension

Declension of noun تَحْوِلَة (taḥwila)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَحْوِلَة taḥwila	التَّحْوِلَة at-taḥwila	تَحْوِلَة taḥwilat
Nominative	تَحْوِلَةٌ taḥwilatun	التَّحْوِلَةُ at-taḥwilatu	تَحْوِلَةُ taḥwilatu
Accusative	تَحْوِلَةً taḥwilatan	التَّحْوِلَةَ at-taḥwilata	تَحْوِلَةَ taḥwilata
Genitive	تَحْوِلَةٍ taḥwilatin	التَّحْوِلَةِ at-taḥwilati	تَحْوِلَةِ taḥwilati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَحْوِلَتَيْن taḥwilatayn	التَّحْوِلَتَيْن at-taḥwilatayn	تَحْوِلَتَيْ taḥwilatay
Nominative	تَحْوِلَتَانِ taḥwilatāni	التَّحْوِلَتَانِ at-taḥwilatāni	تَحْوِلَتَا taḥwilatā
Accusative	تَحْوِلَتَيْنِ taḥwilatayni	التَّحْوِلَتَيْنِ at-taḥwilatayni	تَحْوِلَتَيْ taḥwilatay
Genitive	تَحْوِلَتَيْنِ taḥwilatayni	التَّحْوِلَتَيْنِ at-taḥwilatayni	تَحْوِلَتَيْ taḥwilatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَحَاوِل taḥāwil	التَّحَاوِل at-taḥāwil	تَحَاوِل taḥāwil
Nominative	تَحَاوِلُ taḥāwilu	التَّحَاوِلُ at-taḥāwilu	تَحَاوِلُ taḥāwilu
Accusative	تَحَاوِلَ taḥāwila	التَّحَاوِلَ at-taḥāwila	تَحَاوِلَ taḥāwila
Genitive	تَحَاوِلَ taḥāwila	التَّحَاوِلِ at-taḥāwili	تَحَاوِلِ taḥāwili

Descendants

• → Old Spanish: tahulla, tafulla, atahulla, ataulla, atafulla, ataffulla, taffulla, taffula
  • Spanish: tahúlla

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “تحولة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 342