halloumi

halloumi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χαλλούμι (challoúmi), borrowed from Cypriot Arabic/Egyptian Arabic حلوم‎ (ḥalūm), borrowed from Coptic ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ (halōm, “cheese”) (Sahidic), ⲁⲗⲱⲙ (alōm, “cheese”) (Bohairic), itself in turn probably a borrowing from Semitic, though in manuscripts and ostraca from 2nd century Roman Egypt, Demotic Egyptian ḥlm is also attested with the meaning "cheese".[1][2][3][4]

Grilled halloumi

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /həˈluːmi/

Noun

halloumi (usually uncountable, plural halloumis)

1. A traditional cheese from Cyprus, made from goat's and/or sheep's milk.

Translations

traditional cheese from Cyprus

Arabic: Hijazi Arabic: حَلُّومي‎ f (ḥallūmi), حَلُّوم‎ f (ḥallūm) Finnish: halloumi (fi) French: halloumi (fr) m German: Halloumi m Greek: χαλούμι (el) n (chaloúmi), χαλλούμι (el) n (challoúmi) Japanese: ハルーミ (harūmi) Portuguese: halloumi m Russian: халлу́ми (ru) m (xallúmi) Spanish: halloumi m Turkish: hellim (tr)

References

1. Oxford Companion to Food
2. Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
3. Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
4. Johnson, Janet. Chicago Demotic Dictionary - Ḥ p. 246.

• “halloumi”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• halumi

Etymology

From Greek χαλλούμι (challoúmi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlumi/, [ˈhɑlumi]
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlou̯mi/, [ˈhɑlo̞u̯mi]

Noun

halloumi

1. halloumi

Declension

Inflection of halloumi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		halloumi	halloumit
genitive		halloumin	halloumien
partitive		halloumia	halloumeja
illative		halloumiin	halloumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		halloumi	halloumit
accusative	nom.	halloumi	halloumit
	gen.	halloumin
genitive		halloumin	halloumien
partitive		halloumia	halloumeja
inessive		halloumissa	halloumeissa
elative		halloumista	halloumeista
illative		halloumiin	halloumeihin
adessive		halloumilla	halloumeilla
ablative		halloumilta	halloumeilta
allative		halloumille	halloumeille
essive		halloumina	halloumeina
translative		halloumiksi	halloumeiksi
instructive		—	halloumein
abessive		halloumitta	halloumeitta
comitative		—	halloumeineen

Possessive forms of halloumi (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	halloumini	halloumimme
2nd person	halloumisi	hallouminne
3rd person	hallouminsa

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χαλλούμι (challoúmi), from Cypriot Arabic/Egyptian Arabic حلوم‎.

Noun

halloumi m (invariable)

1. halloumi