حلقوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ل ق (ḥ l q) meaning "to razor something", hence the place or portions severed when slaughtering an animal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħul.quːm/

Noun

حُلْقُوم • (ḥulqūm) m (plural حَلَاقِيم (ḥalāqīm))

throat, gullet
esophagus, place of the epiglottis
trachea, windpipe
fauces
ellipsis of رَاحَةُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāḥatu l-ḥulqūm).

Declension

Declension of noun **حُلْقُوم** (ḥulqūm)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حُلْقُوم ḥulqūm	الْحُلْقُوم al-ḥulqūm	حُلْقُوم ḥulqūm
nominative	حُلْقُومٌ ḥulqūmun	الْحُلْقُومُ al-ḥulqūmu	حُلْقُومُ ḥulqūmu
accusative	حُلْقُومًا ḥulqūman	الْحُلْقُومَ al-ḥulqūma	حُلْقُومَ ḥulqūma
genitive	حُلْقُومٍ ḥulqūmin	الْحُلْقُومِ al-ḥulqūmi	حُلْقُومِ ḥulqūmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حُلْقُومَيْن ḥulqūmayn	الْحُلْقُومَيْن al-ḥulqūmayn	حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay
nominative	حُلْقُومَانِ ḥulqūmāni	الْحُلْقُومَانِ al-ḥulqūmāni	حُلْقُومَا ḥulqūmā
accusative	حُلْقُومَيْنِ ḥulqūmayni	الْحُلْقُومَيْنِ al-ḥulqūmayni	حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay
genitive	حُلْقُومَيْنِ ḥulqūmayni	الْحُلْقُومَيْنِ al-ḥulqūmayni	حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلَاقِيم ḥalāqīm	الْحَلَاقِيم al-ḥalāqīm	حَلَاقِيم ḥalāqīm
nominative	حَلَاقِيمُ ḥalāqīmu	الْحَلَاقِيمُ al-ḥalāqīmu	حَلَاقِيمُ ḥalāqīmu
accusative	حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma	الْحَلَاقِيمَ al-ḥalāqīma	حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma
genitive	حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma	الْحَلَاقِيمِ al-ḥalāqīmi	حَلَاقِيمِ ḥalāqīmi

Derived terms

رَاحَةُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāḥatu l-ḥulqūm, “Turkish delight”)

Descendants

Banjarese: halukum
Bengali: ওলকম (ōlokom)
Malay: halkum
Swahili: halkumu

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “حلقوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “حلقوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate. , pages 628-631

Malay

Noun

حلقوم (plural حلقوم-حلقوم or حلقوم٢)

Jawi spelling of halkum.‎‎