хеле

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هله (hele, “especially”), from Classical Persian هله (hala, “pay attention!”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxɛlɛ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
  • Syllabification(key): хе‧ле

Adverb

хе́ле • (héle) (dialectal)

  1. at last, finally
    Хеле, пристигнахме! ― Hele, pristignahme! ― At last, we have arrived!
  2. especially, particularly
    Тука има хеле много. ― Tuka ima hele mnogo. ― Here, there is especially much [of something].

Alternative forms

  • е́ле (éle) — with colloquial elision of initial #x-

References

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