حلتیت

See also: حلتيت

Ottoman Turkish

حلتیت

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِلْتِيت (ḥiltīt, “asafoetida”), itself from Aramaic חלתיתא (ḥeltīṯā, “asafoetida”).

Noun

حلتیت • (hıltit)

1. asafoetida, hing, devil's dung, a resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species

   Synonyms: بالدرغان (baldırğan), شیطان ترسی (şeytan tersi)

Derived terms

• حلتیت اوتی (hiltit otu, “asafoetida plant”)
• حلتیت طیب (hiltit-i tayib, “laser, assa-dulcis”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: hıthıt, hiltit, hıltıt, hıltit

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hiltit”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1966
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حلتیت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 800

Persian

حلتیت

Alternative forms

• حلتیث (heltis), حنتیت (hentit)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِلْتِيت (ḥiltīt, “asafoetida”), itself from Aramaic חלתיתא (ḥeltīṯā, “asafoetida”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hil.tiːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪl̪.t̪ʰiːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪl̪.t̪ʰiːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [hɪl̪.t̪ʰiːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [hil̪.t̪ʰit̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hel̪.t̪ʰiːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hil̪.t̪ʰit̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	hiltīt
Dari reading?	hiltīt
Iranian reading?	heltit
Tajik reading?	hiltit

Noun

حلتیت • (heltit)

1.  hing, devil's dung (Ferula assa-foetida)

   Synonyms: کسنی (kasni, kesni), آنغوزه (ânğuze), کما (komâ, kamâ)