Arabic

Verb

حَلَقَ • ‎(ḥalaqa) I, non-past يَحْلِقُ‎ (yaḥliqu)

1. to shave, to shear

Conjugation

References

• “حلق” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حلق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

حَلَقَ • ‎(ḥalaqa) I, non-past يَحْلِقُ‎ (yaḥliqu)

1. to peel
2. to destroy
3. to cut off entirely
4. to cause pain

Conjugation

References

• “حلق” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Verb

حَلَقَ • ‎(ḥalaqa) I, non-past يَحْلُقُ‎ (yaḥluqu)

1. to injure in the throat
2. to fill (a cistern)
3. to determine approximately

Conjugation

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

حَلَّقَ • ‎(ḥallaqa) II, non-past يُحَلِّقُ‎ (yuḥalliqu)

1. to shave smooth
2. to soar into the air, to fly in circles
3. to rise
4. to have a halo
5. to be three-quarters ripe
6. to make round
7. to surround
8. to clothe

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حلق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حلق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Noun

حَلْق • ‎(ḥalq) m ‎(plural حُلُوق ‎(ḥulūq) or أَحْلَاق ‎(ʾaḥlāq))

1. verbal noun of حَلَقَ ‎(ḥalaqa) (form I)
2. shaving
3. throat
4. back of the throat, pharynx
5. chasm

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حلق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 4

Noun

حَلَق • ‎(ḥalaq) m ‎(collective)

1. rings

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حلق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Noun

حَلَق • ‎(ḥalaq) m ‎(plural حُلْقَان ‎(ḥulqān))

1. (Egypt) pair of earrings

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حلق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَلْق ‎(ḥalq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħalg/

Noun

حَلْق • ‎(ḥalg) m (plural حُلُوق ‎(ḥulūq))

1. throat.

See also

• رَقَبَة ‎(ragaba, “neck”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَلَق ‎(ḥalaq)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħalag/

Noun

حَلَق • ‎(ḥalag) f (plural حُلْقان ‎(ḥulgān))

1. an earring

Related terms

• حَلَقة ‎(ḥalaga, “episode, circular ring”)

Etymology 3

From the root ح ل ق ‎(ḥ-l-q); "to cut" or "to trim".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħalag/, /ħalːag/

verb

حلق • ‎(ḥalag or ḥallag)

1. He trimmed (his hair).
2. He shaved (his hair).
3. He trimmed/shaved (someone else's hair)