هلونگ

هلونگ

Persian

Alternative forms

• لیولنگ‎ (misspelling)
• هبولنگ‎ (misspelling)

Etymology

From Middle Iranian; probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solwo- (“sallow”). Akin to arabicized Persian هلبج‎ (halbaj) and Mazanderani هلوه‎ (halve, “sheep's colostrum yoghurt”), a Persian loanword.

Noun

هلونگ • (halvang)

1. (Transoxianan, obsolete) curd, yoghurt
   • 9th–10th century, Ghamnāk, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     ‏وآن زر از تو بازخواهد آن که تا اکنون ازو
     چوغری خوردی همی و طائفی و هلونگ‎

     w-ān zarr az to bāz-xwāhad ān ki tā aknūn az ō
     čūğrī xurdī hamē u tā'ifī u halwang

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Usage notes

The reading هلونگ is a restoration of لیولنگ and هبولنگ, recorded in Persian lexicons.