هلو

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /halaw/

Interjection

هَلَوْ (halaw)

  1. hello (greeting).

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

Noun
Dari شَفتالُو
Iranian Persian هُلو
Tajik шафтолу

هلو • (holu) (plural هلوها (holu-hâ))

  1. (Iran) peach

Adjective

هلو • (holu) (comparative هلوتَر (holu-tar), superlative هلوتَرین (holu-tarin))

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hä.loː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.loː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.lʊː]

Readings
Dari reading? halō

Interjection

هلو • (halô)

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