ابوالهول

Persian

Regional forms of ابوالهول

Dari	ابوالهول
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Абулҳавл

Alternative forms

• ابو الهول (with space)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو الْهَوْل (ʔabū l-hawl).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.buːl.häwl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.buːl.häwl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.buː.läwl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.bu.läwl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.buːl.howl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.bul.häwl]

Readings
Classical reading?	āḇū-l-hawl
Dari reading?	ābū-l-hawl
Iranian reading?	âbu-l-howl
Tajik reading?	obu-l-havl

Noun

ابوالهول • (âbu-l-howl)

1. sphinx

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “ابو الهول”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 10
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ابوالهول”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ابوالهول”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim