# ܚܠܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic חָלָא (ḥālā); related to Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [xaːlaː]

#### Noun

ܚܵܠܵܐ • (ḥālā) m (plural ܚܵܠܹ̈ܐ (ḥālē) or ܚܵܠܲܘ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥālawwāṯā), feminine ܚܵܠܬܵܐ (ḥāltā))
* maternal blood uncle (brother of one's mother)
    Coordinate terms: ܥܲܡܵܐ (ˁammā), ܥܲܡܬܵܐ (ˁamtā), ܚܵܠܬܵܐ (ḥāltā)

##### Derived terms

* ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܚܵܠܵܐ (baḵt ḥālā, “aunt (mother's brother's wife)”)
* ܒܲܪ ܚܵܠܵܐ (bar ḥālā, “cousin (mother's brother's son)”)
* ܒܲܪ݇ܬ ܚܵܠܵܐ (bat ḥālā, “cousin (mother's brother's daughter)”)

### Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒂁𒄬 (/⁠ḫallu⁠/, “pot; earthen container to store liquids”); cognate with Arabic خَلّ (ḵall).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ħallaː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [ xaːla]

#### Noun

ܚܲܠܵܐ • (ḥallā) m (uncountable)
* vinegar

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

Compare Hebrew חוֹל (ḥol) and Arabic حُلَّة (ḥulla).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [xil.lɑː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [ħil.lɑː]

#### Noun

ܚܸܠܵܐ • (ḥillā) m (plural ܚܸܠܹ̈ܐ (ḥillē))
* powder
* (pathology) cataract

##### Inflection
### Etymology 4

Compare Arabic حَلَّ (ḥalla).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [xaːleː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [ħaːleː]

#### Verb

ܚܵܠܹܐ • (ḥālē)
* (intransitive) to sweeten
* to make pleasant

##### Conjugation

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## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic, from Akkadian 𒂁𒄬 (/⁠ḫallu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒂁𒄬 (/⁠ḫal⁠/, “pot; earthen container to store liquids”); cognate with Arabic خَلّ (ḵall).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ħallɑ]

#### Noun

ܚܠܐ • (ḥallā) m(uncountable)
* vinegar

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew חוֹל (ḥôl).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ħɑlɑ]

#### Noun

ܚܠܐ • (ḥālā) m(uncountable)
* sand, gravel

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

Compare Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ħɑlɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [ħɑle] (in the plural)

#### Noun

ܚܠܐ • (ḥālā) m (plural ܚܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܠܬܐ)
* maternal uncle

##### See also

* ܕܕܐ

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ħɛllɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [ħɛlle] (in the plural)

#### Noun

ܚܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܠܐ)
* dust, powder

##### Synonyms

* ܐܒܩܐ

### Etymology 5

Compare Arabic حُلَّة (ḥulla).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ħɛllɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [ħɛlle] (in the plural)

#### Noun

ܚܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܠܐ)
* cloth, covering, veil
* (pathology) cataract

##### Inflection
### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ħɛlle]

#### Noun

ܚܠܐ • (transliteration needed)
* emphatic plural of ܚܠܬܐ

### References

* “ḥl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 99b, 104b
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 142a–b
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 451a–b

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### Etymology

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### Noun

ܚܳܠܐ • (ḥolo) m
* maternal uncle