ܚܠܐ

From Aramaic חָלָא‎ (ḥālā); related to Arabic خَال‎ (ḵāl).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xɑːlɑː]

ܚܵܠܵܐ • (ḥālā) m sg (plural ܚܵܠܹ̈ܐ (ḥālē), feminine ܚܵܠܬܵܐ‎ (ḥāltā))

1. maternal blood uncle (brother of one's mother)

   Coordinate terms: ܥܲܡܵܐ‎ (ʿammā), ܥܲܡܬܵܐ‎ (ʿamtā), ܚܵܠܬܵܐ‎ (ḥāltā)

• ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܚܵܠܵܐ‎ (baḵt ḥālā, “aunt (mother's brother's wife)”)
• ܒܲܪ ܚܵܠܵܐ‎ (bar ḥālā, “cousin (mother's brother's son)”)
• ܒܲܪ݇ܬ ܚܵܠܵܐ‎ (bat ḥālā, “cousin (mother's brother's daughter)”)

From Akkadian 𒂁𒄬 (/ḫallu/, “pot; earthen container to store liquids”); cognate with Arabic خَلّ‎ (ḵall).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xal.lɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ħal.lɑː]

ܚܲܠܵܐ • (ḥalā) m (uncountable)

1. vinegar

Compare Hebrew חוֹל‎ (ḥol) and Arabic حُلَّة‎ (ḥulla).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xil.lɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ħil.lɑː]

ܚܸܠܵܐ • (ḥillā) m (plural ܚܸܠܹ̈ܐ)

1. powder
2. (pathology) cataract

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܐ‎ (ḥ-l-ā) related to sweetness; compare Arabic حَلَّ‎‎ (ḥalla).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xaːleː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ħaːleː]

ܚܵܠܹܐ • (ḥālē) (present participle ܚܠܵܝܵܐ‎ (ḥlāyā), past participle ܚܸܠܝܵܐ‎ (ḥilyā))

1. to sweeten

From Aramaic, from Akkadian 𒂁𒄬 (/ḫallu/), from Sumerian 𒂁𒄬 (/ḫal/, “pot; earthen container to store liquids”); cognate with Arabic خَلّ‎ (ḵall).

• IPA^(key): [ħallɑ(ʔ)]

ܚܠܐ • (khālā) m (uncountable)

1. vinegar

Compare Hebrew חוֹל‎ (ḥôl).

• IPA^(key): [ħɑlɑ(ʔ)]

ܚܠܐ • (khālā) m (uncountable)

1. sand, gravel

Compare Arabic خَال‎ (ḵāl).

• IPA^(key): [ħɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

ܚܠܐ • (ḥālā) m (plural ܚܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܠܬܐ‎)

1. maternal uncle

• ܕܕܐ‎

• IPA^(key): [ħɛllɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛlle(ʔ)] (plural)

ܚܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܠܐ)

1. dust, powder

• ܐܒܩܐ‎

Compare Arabic حُلَّة‎ (ḥulla).

• IPA^(key): [ħɛllɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛlle(ʔ)] (plural)

ܚܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܠܐ)

1. cloth, covering, veil
2. (pathology) cataract

• IPA^(key): [ħɛlle(ʔ)]

ܚܠܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܚܠܬܐ‎

• “ḥl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 99b, 104b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 142a-b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 451a-b

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ܚܳܠܐ • (ḥolo) m

1. maternal uncle