هلال

See also: ہلال

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew ה־ל־ל (Forming words relating to being clear and shining, root) and Ugaritic 𐎅𐎍𐎍 (hll).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hi.laːl/

Noun

هِلَال • (hilāl) m (plural أَهِلَّة (ʔahilla))

  1. crescent, crescent moon
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:189:
      يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَهِلَّةِ ۖ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلْحَجِّ ۗ وَلَيْسَ ٱلْبِرُّ بِأَن تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ ۗ وَأْتُوا ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا ٱللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
      yasʔalūnaka ʕani l-ʔahillati qul hiya mawāqītu li-n-nāsi wa-lḥajji walaysa l-birru biʔan taʔtū l-buyūta min ẓuhūrihā walākinna l-birra mani ttaqā waʔtū l-buyūta min ʔabwābihā wattaqū llāha laʕallakum tufliḥūna
      They ask thee about the crescents. Say: "They are fixed seasons for mankind and for the pilgrimage". It is not righteousness that ye go to houses by the backs thereof, but the righteous man is he who wardeth off. So go to houses by the gates thereof, and observe your duty to Allah, that ye may be successful.
  2. moonlight, glow, aura

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: hilal
  • Ottoman Turkish: هلال
  • Persian: هلال (helâl)
  • Swahili: hilali
  • Uzbek: hilol

Proper noun

هِلَال • (hilāl)

  1. a surname

Anagrams

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

هلال • (hilal)

  1. crescent

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هِلَال (hilāl).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hɪ.lɑ́ːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪ.lɑ́ːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔi.lɔ́ːl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? hilāl
Dari reading? hilāl
Iranian reading? helâl
Tajik reading? hilol

Noun

هلال • (helâl)

  1. crescent

Descendants

Anagrams

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ه ل ل
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic هِلَال (hilāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hi.laːl/, [hiˈlæːl]
  • (file)

Noun

هلال • (hilāl) m

  1. new moon
  2. crescent
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