# حول
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Compare Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍 (ḥl), Hebrew חַיִל (kháyil, “strength, might”).

#### Noun

حَوْل • (ḥawl) m (plural أَحْوَال (ʔaḥwāl))
* verbal noun of حَالَ (ḥāla) (form I)
* power, might
* strength
    لَا حَوْل وَلَا قُوَّة إِلَّا بِٱللّٰه. ― lā ḥawl wa-lā quwwa ʾillā bi-llāh. ― There is no strength or power except in God.
* change, exchange

##### References

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

#### Noun

حَوْل • (ḥawl) m (plural أَحْوَال (ʔaḥwāl))
* year
* partition

##### References

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

حَوَّلَ • (ḥawwala) II (non-past يُحَوِّلُ (yuḥawwilu), verbal noun تَحْوِيل (taḥwīl))
* to change, to transform, to convert, to turn (into), to make
    وهي ستحوِّل الأرض إلى فردوس. ― It will turn the earth into paradise.
* to transplant
* to transfer, to forward
* to convert
* to switch, to commutate
* to shunt
* to remit, to send, to transmit
* to pass on, to hand on, to forward
* to endorse
* to direct
* to divert, to distract, to deflect
* to avert, to turn away
* to turn off, to switch off, to disconnect
* to turn the helm, to change course

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Preposition

حَوْلَ • (ḥawla)
* around
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:159:فَبِمَا رَحۡمَةࣲ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لِنتَ لَهُمۡ ۖ وَلَوۡ كُنتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ ٱلۡقَلۡبِ لَٱنفَضُّوا۟ مِنۡ حَوۡلِكَ ۖ فَٱعۡفُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ وَشَاوِرۡهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡرِ ۖ فَإِذَا عَزَمۡتَ فَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُتَوَكِّلِينَfabimā raḥmatin mina l-lahi linta lahum walaw kunta faẓẓan ḡalīẓa l-qalbi lanfaḍḍū min ḥawlika faʕfu ʕanhum wastaḡfir lahum wašāwirhum fī l-ʔamri faʔiḏā ʕazamta fatawakkal ʕalā l-lahi ʔinna l-laha yuḥibbu l-mutawakkilīna(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Inflection
### Etymology 4
#### Noun

حُول • (ḥūl) m pl
* plural of حَائِل (ḥāʔil)

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

حُوَّل • (ḥuwwal) m pl
* plural of حَائِل (ḥāʔil)

### Etymology 6
#### Adjective

حُول • (ḥūl) m pl
* masculine plural of حَائِل (ḥāʔil)

### Etymology 7
#### Adjective

حُوَّل • (ḥuwwal) m pl
* masculine plural of حَائِل (ḥāʔil)

### Etymology 8
#### Verb

حَوِلَ • (ḥawila) I (non-past يَحْوَلُ (yaḥwalu), verbal noun حَوَل (ḥawal))
* to have strabismus, to be cross-eyed, to squint eyes

##### Conjugation
## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic حَوْل (ḥawl).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħoːl/, [ħo̞ːl]

#### Noun

حول • (ḥōl) m (plural أحوال (ʾaḥwāl))
* strength
    يا حول الله ― yā ḥōl illāh ― by god’s strength!

### Etymology 2

From Arabic حَوْلَ (ḥawla).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħoːl/, [ħo̞ːl]

#### Preposition

حول • (ḥōl)
* around

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

From Arabic أَحْوَل (ʔaḥwal).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħa.wal/

#### Noun

حول • (ḥawal) m (plural حول (ḥūl), feminine حولا (ḥōla))
* cross-eyed

### Etymology 4

From Arabic حُول (ḥūl).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħuːl/

#### Adjective

حول • (ḥūl) pl
* plural of حَوَل (ḥawal, “cross-eyed”)

### Etymology 5

From Arabic حَوَّلَ (ḥawwala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħaw.wal/

#### Verb

حول • (ḥawwal) II (non-past يِحَوِّل (yiḥawwil), verbal noun تَحويل (taḥwīl))
* to transform, to turn into
* to transfer, to pass on

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħaw.wil/

#### Verb

حول • (ḥawwil)
* second-person masculine singular imperative of حَوَّل (ḥawwal)

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic حَوْلَ (ḥawla).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ˈhaw.li]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [hǽw.lɪ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [hǽw.lɪ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔǽwlɪ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔǽwli]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [hów.le]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [hǽw.li]

#### Preposition

حول • (howl-e)
* (formal) around (literal, figurative)
** 2024 May 14, “انتقادها به حمله به کاروان‌های امدادرسان به غزه؛ قطر: مذاکرات آتش‌بس به بن‌بست رسیده است”, in bbc.com/persian‎, BBC Persian:=نخست‌وزیر قطر همچنین گفت اختلاف اصلی دو طرف حول محور آزادی گروگان‌ها و آتش‌بس موقت یا پایان دادن به جنگ است: «یک طرف می‌خواهد جنگ را خاتمه دهد و بعد درباره گروگان‌ها صحبت کند و طرف دیگر می‌خواهد گروگان‌ها برگردند و جنگ را ادامه دهند.»naxost-vazir-e qatar hamčenin goft extelâf-e asli-ye do taraf howl-e mehvar-e âzâdi-ye gerowgân-hâ va âtaš-bas-e movaqqat yâ pâyân dâdan be jang ast: "yek taraf mi-xâhad jang râ xâteme dehad va ba'd darbâre-ye gerowgân-hâ sohbat konad va taraf-e digar mi-xâhad gerowgân-hâ bargardand va jang râ edâme dehand.The Qatari Prime Minister also said that there are fundamental disputes between the two sides around the axes of freeing the hostages and either a temporary ceasefire or bringing the war to an end: "One side wants to end the war and talk about the hostages afterwards, and the other side wants the hostages to come back and to continue the war."

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حَوْل (ḥawl).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [hawl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [häwl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [häwl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔäwl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔäwl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [howl̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [häwl]

#### Noun

حول • (howl)
* (formal) strength, power
    Synonyms: قدرت (qodrat), توانایی (tavânâyi), نیرو (niru)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حول”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic حَوَّلَ (ḥawwala).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħaw.wal/, [ˈħaw.wal]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

حوّل • (ḥawwal) II (present بحوّل (biḥawwel))
* (transitive) to transform, to turn into
* to transfer, to pass on

#### Conjugation
## Urdu
### Etymology

From Arabic حَوْل (ḥawl).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɦɔːl/

### Noun

حَول • (haul) m (Hindi spelling हौल)
* year
* all around, on every side
* strength, power

### References

* “حول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “حول”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.