هول

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of هَالَ‎ (hāla, “to scare away, to frighten”), from the root ه و ل‎ (h-w-l).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hawl/
Rhymes: -awl

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun هَوْل (hawl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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
Plural	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

References

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

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic هَوْل‎ (hawl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /hawl/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /hawl/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /howl/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /havl/

Noun

هول • (howl)

shock, terror
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., 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].

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