هلو

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /halaw/

Interjection

هَلَوْ (halaw)

  1. hello (greeting)

Malay

Interjection

هلو

  1. Jawi spelling of halo.‎

Noun

هلو (plural هلو-هلو or هلو٢)

  1. Jawi spelling of halo.‎

Persian

Etymology 1

A Northwestern Iranian doublet of آلو (âlu, “plum”), compare Mazanderani هلی (halī, “plum”), Northern Kurdish hilîk, hilûk, halûk, helûje, hulîk, hulûk, helû, hulû etc., Central Kurdish هەڵووچە (hellûçe), هەڵووژە (hellûje, “plum”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Iranian reading? holu

Noun

Dari شَفتالُو
Iranian Persian هُلو
Tajik шафтолу

هلو • (holu) (plural هلوها)

  1. (Iran) peach
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: hulu

Adjective

هلو • (holu) (comparative هلوتَر, superlative هلوتَرین)

  1. (chiefly Iran, slang) stunning, sexy, attractive, pretty
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Dari reading? halō

Interjection

هلو • (halô)

  1. (Dari, on phone) hello
    Synonym: سلام (salâm)
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