حلزون

Arabic

حَلَزُون

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic חְלָזֹונָא‎ /‎ ܚܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ‎ (ḥəlāzōnā, “snail”), from Ancient Greek ἑλικών (helikṓn) or ἑλικόν (helikón).

Noun

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

spiral, helix
snail (a mollusk with a coiled shell)
pastry in the form of a snail or helix

Declension

Declension of noun حَلَزُون (ḥalazūn)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	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)
Singulative	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
Paucal (3-10)	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

Derived terms

حَلَزُونِيّ‎ (ḥalazūniyy)

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: խալիզոն (xalizon), խալիզուն (xalizun)
- Armenian: խալիզոն (xalizon) (Hadjin), Armenian: խօ̈լո̈ւզո̈ւն (xō̈lüzün) (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 (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 (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 417
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892), “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (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, 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 (in German), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 538

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَزُون‎ (ḥalazūn), from Aramaic חְלָזֹונָא‎ /‎ ܚܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ‎ (ḥəlāzōnā, “snail”), from Ancient Greek ἑλικών (helikṓn) or ἑλικόν (helikón).

Noun

حلزون • (halazun)

snail

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