حلزون

Arabic

حَلَزُون

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic חְלָזֹונָא / ܚܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ (ḥəlāzōnā, “snail”). This has been reckoned to be from Ancient Greek ἑλικών (helikṓn) or ἑλικόν (helikón), but visibly it bears the diminutive ending -ōnā, relating to a base verb “to crawl”, see حِسْل (ḥisl, “young of a spiny-tailed lizard”).

Noun

حَلَزُون • (ḥalazūn) m (collective, singulative حَلَزُونَة f (ḥalazūna))

1. snail (a mollusk with a coiled shell)
2. pastry in the form of a snail or helix

Declension

Declension of noun حَلَزُون (ḥalazūn)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلَزُون ḥalazūn	الْحَلَزُون al-ḥalazūn	حَلَزُون ḥalazūn
Nominative	حَلَزُونٌ ḥalazūnun	الْحَلَزُونُ al-ḥalazūnu	حَلَزُونُ ḥalazūnu
Accusative	حَلَزُونًا ḥalazūnan	الْحَلَزُونَ al-ḥalazūna	حَلَزُونَ ḥalazūna
Genitive	حَلَزُونٍ ḥalazūnin	الْحَلَزُونِ al-ḥalazūni	حَلَزُونِ ḥalazūni
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلَزُونَة ḥalazūna	الْحَلَزُونَة al-ḥalazūna	حَلَزُونَة ḥalazūnat
Nominative	حَلَزُونَةٌ ḥalazūnatun	الْحَلَزُونَةُ al-ḥalazūnatu	حَلَزُونَةُ ḥalazūnatu
Accusative	حَلَزُونَةً ḥalazūnatan	الْحَلَزُونَةَ al-ḥalazūnata	حَلَزُونَةَ ḥalazūnata
Genitive	حَلَزُونَةٍ ḥalazūnatin	الْحَلَزُونَةِ al-ḥalazūnati	حَلَزُونَةِ ḥalazūnati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلَزُونَتَيْن ḥalazūnatayn	الْحَلَزُونَتَيْن al-ḥalazūnatayn	حَلَزُونَتَيْ ḥalazūnatay
Nominative	حَلَزُونَتَانِ ḥalazūnatāni	الْحَلَزُونَتَانِ al-ḥalazūnatāni	حَلَزُونَتَا ḥalazūnatā
Accusative	حَلَزُونَتَيْنِ ḥalazūnatayni	الْحَلَزُونَتَيْنِ al-ḥalazūnatayni	حَلَزُونَتَيْ ḥalazūnatay
Genitive	حَلَزُونَتَيْنِ ḥalazūnatayni	الْحَلَزُونَتَيْنِ al-ḥalazūnatayni	حَلَزُونَتَيْ ḥalazūnatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلَزُونَات ḥalazūnāt	الْحَلَزُونَات al-ḥalazūnāt	حَلَزُونَات ḥalazūnāt
Nominative	حَلَزُونَاتٌ ḥalazūnātun	الْحَلَزُونَاتُ al-ḥalazūnātu	حَلَزُونَاتُ ḥalazūnātu
Accusative	حَلَزُونَاتٍ ḥalazūnātin	الْحَلَزُونَاتِ al-ḥalazūnāti	حَلَزُونَاتِ ḥalazūnāti
Genitive	حَلَزُونَاتٍ ḥalazūnātin	الْحَلَزُونَاتِ al-ḥalazūnāti	حَلَزُونَاتِ ḥalazūnāti

Noun

حَلَزُون • (ḥalazūn) m

1. spiral, helix

Declension

Declension of noun حَلَزُون (ḥalazūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلَزُون ḥalazūn	الْحَلَزُون al-ḥalazūn	حَلَزُون ḥalazūn
Nominative	حَلَزُونٌ ḥalazūnun	الْحَلَزُونُ al-ḥalazūnu	حَلَزُونُ ḥalazūnu
Accusative	حَلَزُونًا ḥalazūnan	الْحَلَزُونَ al-ḥalazūna	حَلَزُونَ ḥalazūna
Genitive	حَلَزُونٍ ḥalazūnin	الْحَلَزُونِ al-ḥalazūni	حَلَزُونِ ḥalazūni

Derived terms

• حَلَزُونِيّ (ḥalazūniyy)

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: խալիզոն (xalizon), խալիզուն (xalizun)
  • Armenian: խալիզոն (xalizon) (Hadjin), Armenian: խօ̈լո̈ւզո̈ւն (xölüzün) (Zeytun)
• → Medieval Latin: halsut, alzom, alzon
• → Ottoman Turkish: حلزون (halezon, halezun)
  • Turkish: helezon
• → Persian: حلزون (halazun)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “حلزون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 315
• Eisenstein, Herbert (1991) Einführung in die arabische Zoographie: das tierkundliche Wissen in der arabisch-islamischen Literatur (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, page 62
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “حلزون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 417
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume 46, page 238
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 305
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حلزون”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 626
• Müller, Friedrich (1894) “Pahlawi, neupersische und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, page 285
• Ruska, Julius (1931) Turba philosophorum: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Alchemie (in German), Berlin, page 28
• Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “حلزون”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎^[5] (in German), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 538

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَزُون (ḥalazūn), from Aramaic חְלָזֹונָא / ܚܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ (ḥəlāzōnā, “snail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.la.zoːn/, [ħa.la.zo̞ːn]

Noun

حلزون • (ḥalazōn) m (collective, singulative حلزونة f (ḥalazōna), plural حلزونات (ḥalazōnāt))

1. snail

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَزُون (ḥalazūn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.la.zuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.lä.zuːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.lä.zuːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.zuːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.lä.zun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.læ.zuːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.lä.zun]

Readings
Classical reading?	halazūn
Dari reading?	halazūn
Iranian reading?	halazun
Tajik reading?	halazun

Noun

حلزون • (halazun)

1. snail