هول

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ه و ل (h-w-l)

Verbal noun of هَالَ (hāla, “to scare away, to frighten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hawl/
• Rhymes: -awl

Noun

هَوْل • (hawl) m (plural أَهْوَال (ʔahwāl) or هُؤُول (huʔūl))

1. verbal noun of هَالَ (hāla) (form I)
2. fright, terror, anything fearful

Declension

Declension of noun هَوْل (hawl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوْل hawl	الْهَوْل al-hawl	هَوْل hawl
Nominative	هَوْلٌ hawlun	الْهَوْلُ al-hawlu	هَوْلُ hawlu
Accusative	هَوْلًا hawlan	الْهَوْلَ al-hawla	هَوْلَ hawla
Genitive	هَوْلٍ hawlin	الْهَوْلِ al-hawli	هَوْلِ hawli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوْلَيْن hawlayn	الْهَوْلَيْن al-hawlayn	هَوْلَيْ hawlay
Nominative	هَوْلَانِ hawlāni	الْهَوْلَانِ al-hawlāni	هَوْلَا hawlā
Accusative	هَوْلَيْنِ hawlayni	الْهَوْلَيْنِ al-hawlayni	هَوْلَيْ hawlay
Genitive	هَوْلَيْنِ hawlayni	الْهَوْلَيْنِ al-hawlayni	هَوْلَيْ hawlay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَهْوَال‎; هُؤُول ʔahwāl‎; huʔūl	الْأَهْوَال‎; الْهُؤُول al-ʔahwāl‎; al-huʔūl	أَهْوَال‎; هُؤُول ʔahwāl‎; huʔūl
Nominative	أَهْوَالٌ‎; هُؤُولٌ ʔahwālun‎; huʔūlun	الْأَهْوَالُ‎; الْهُؤُولُ al-ʔahwālu‎; al-huʔūlu	أَهْوَالُ‎; هُؤُولُ ʔahwālu‎; huʔūlu
Accusative	أَهْوَالًا‎; هُؤُولًا ʔahwālan‎; huʔūlan	الْأَهْوَالَ‎; الْهُؤُولَ al-ʔahwāla‎; al-huʔūla	أَهْوَالَ‎; هُؤُولَ ʔahwāla‎; huʔūla
Genitive	أَهْوَالٍ‎; هُؤُولٍ ʔahwālin‎; huʔūlin	الْأَهْوَالِ‎; الْهُؤُولِ al-ʔahwāli‎; al-huʔūli	أَهْوَالِ‎; هُؤُولِ ʔahwāli‎; huʔūli

Descendants

• Persian: ہول (howl)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “هول”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَوْل (hawl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hawl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häwl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häwl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäwl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäwl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [howl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häwl]

Readings
Classical reading?	hawl
Dari reading?	hawl
Iranian reading?	howl
Tajik reading?	havl

Noun

هول • (howl)

1. shock, terror
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3766:

     گردش چشمش مرا لشکر نمود / من ندانم گفت چون پر هول بود

     gardeš-e češm-eš ma-râ laškar namud / man na-dânam goft čon por-howl bud

     The rolling of his eyes seemed to me an army: I cannot describe how terrible [lit. full of terror] it was.

   • 1976, خسرو شاهانی, “عینک طبی”, in کور لعنتی:

     ولی از بس هول شده بودم چشم راستم هم دیگر کار نمی‌کرد.

     vali az bas howl šode budam češm-e râst-am ham digar kâr ne-mi-kard.

     But I had become so terrified that my right eye was also no longer working [properly].

Descendants

• → Punjabi: ਹੌਲ／هول (haul)