هول

هول

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of هَالَ‎ (hāla, “to scare away, to frighten”), from the root ه و ل‎ (h-w-l).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hawl/
• Rhymes: -awl

Noun

هَوْل • (hawl) m (plural أَهْوَال‎ (ʾahwāl) or هُؤُول‎ (huʾūl))

1. verbal noun of هَالَ‎ (hāla) (form I)
2. fright, terror, anything fearful

Declension

Declension of noun هَوْل (hawl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوْل hawl	الْهَوْل‎ al-hawl	هَوْل hawl
Nominative	هَوْلٌ hawlun	الْهَوْلُ‎ al-hawlu	هَوْلُ hawlu
Accusative	هَوْلًا‎ hawlan	الْهَوْلَ‎ al-hawla	هَوْلَ hawla
Genitive	هَوْلٍ hawlin	الْهَوْلِ‎ al-hawli	هَوْلِ hawli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوْلَيْن‎ hawlayn	الْهَوْلَيْن‎ al-hawlayn	هَوْلَيْ‎ hawlay
Nominative	هَوْلَانِ‎ hawlāni	الْهَوْلَانِ‎ al-hawlāni	هَوْلَا‎ hawlā
Accusative	هَوْلَيْنِ‎ hawlayni	الْهَوْلَيْنِ‎ al-hawlayni	هَوْلَيْ‎ hawlay
Genitive	هَوْلَيْنِ‎ hawlayni	الْهَوْلَيْنِ‎ al-hawlayni	هَوْلَيْ‎ hawlay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَهْوَال‎‎; هُؤُول‎ ʾahwāl‎; huʾūl	الْأَهْوَال‎‎; الْهُؤُول‎ al-ʾahwāl‎; al-huʾūl	أَهْوَال‎‎; هُؤُول‎ ʾahwāl‎; huʾūl
Nominative	أَهْوَالٌ‎‎; هُؤُولٌ‎ ʾahwālun‎; huʾūlun	الْأَهْوَالُ‎‎; الْهُؤُولُ‎ al-ʾahwālu‎; al-huʾūlu	أَهْوَالُ‎‎; هُؤُولُ‎ ʾahwālu‎; huʾūlu
Accusative	أَهْوَالًا‎‎; هُؤُولًا‎ ʾahwālan‎; huʾūlan	الْأَهْوَالَ‎‎; الْهُؤُولَ‎ al-ʾahwāla‎; al-huʾūla	أَهْوَالَ‎‎; هُؤُولَ‎ ʾahwāla‎; huʾūla
Genitive	أَهْوَالٍ‎‎; هُؤُولٍ‎ ʾahwālin‎; huʾūlin	الْأَهْوَالِ‎‎; الْهُؤُولِ‎ al-ʾahwāli‎; al-huʾūli	أَهْوَالِ‎‎; هُؤُولِ‎ ʾahwāli‎; huʾūli

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “هول”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic هَوْل‎ (hawl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /hawl/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /hawl/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /howl/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /havl/

Noun

هول • (howl)

1. shock, terror
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3766:

     ‏گردش چشمش مرا لشکر نمود / من ندانم گفت چون پر هول بود‎

     gardeš-e češm-eš ma-râ laškar namud / man na-dânam goft čon por-howl bud

     The rolling of his eyes seemed to me an army: I cannot describe how terrible [lit. full of terror] it was.

   • 1976, خسرو شاهانی‎, “عینک طبی”, in کور لعنتی:

     ‏ولی از بس هول شده بودم چشم راستم هم دیگر کار نمی‌کرد.‎‎

     vali az bas howl šode budam češm-e râst-am ham digar kâr ne-mi-kard.

     But I had become so terrified that my right eye was also no longer working [properly].