حلتيت

See also: حلتیت

Arabic

حِلْتِيت

Alternative forms

• حِلْتِيث (ḥiltīṯ) — obsolete, different outcome of begedkefet
• حِنْتِيت (ḥintīt) — in the dialects of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
• حِلْتِيتَة (ḥiltīta), حِنْتِيتَة (ḥintīta) — dialectal

Etymology

From Aramaic חלתיתא / ܚܠܬܝܬܐ (ḥeltīṯā, “hing, asafoetida”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħil.tiːt/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ħal.tiːt/

Noun

حِلْتِيت • (ḥiltīt) m

1. hing, asafoetida

Declension

Declension of noun حِلْتِيت (ḥiltīt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِلْتِيت ḥiltīt	الْحِلْتِيت al-ḥiltīt	حِلْتِيت ḥiltīt
Nominative	حِلْتِيتٌ ḥiltītun	الْحِلْتِيتُ al-ḥiltītu	حِلْتِيتُ ḥiltītu
Accusative	حِلْتِيتًا ḥiltītan	الْحِلْتِيتَ al-ḥiltīta	حِلْتِيتَ ḥiltīta
Genitive	حِلْتِيتٍ ḥiltītin	الْحِلْتِيتِ al-ḥiltīti	حِلْتِيتِ ḥiltīti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hiltit, xiltit
• → Medieval Latin: altit, altith
• → Middle Armenian: հլթիս (hltʻis)
• → Old Catalan: alfaltic
• → Ottoman Turkish: حلتیت (hiltit)
  • Turkish: hıthıt, hiltit, hıltıt, hıltit
• → Persian: حلتیت (heltit), حلتیث (heltis), حنتیت (hentit)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 140
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 452–455
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 36