হলব
Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), perhaps from the root ح ل ب, coming from the ancient tradition that Abraham gave milk to travellers as they moved throughout the region.
Proper noun
হলব • (hôlôbô) (objective হলব or হলবকে, genitive হলবের, locative হলবে)
- Aleppo (the capital city of Aleppo governorate, Syria)
- হলব ছাড়িয়া পুনঃ গেল হামি দেশে- Āmbiyābāṇī (1758) by Heyat Mahmud
- hôlôb chaṛiẏa punôḥ gelô hami deśe
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
- হলবী (hôlôbī)