هلونگ

Persian

Alternative forms

• لیولنگ (misspelling)
• هبولنگ (misspelling)

Etymology

From Middle Iranian; probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solwo- (“sallow”). Akin to arabicized Persian هلبج (halbaj) and Mazanderani هلوه (halve, “sheep's colostrum yoghurt”).

Noun

هلونگ • (halvang)

1. (Transoxianan, obsolete) curd, yoghurt
   • 9th–10th century, Ghamnāk, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     وآن زر از تو بازخواهد آن که تا اکنون ازو
     چوغری خوردی همی و طائفی و هلونگ

     w-ân zarr az to bâz-xwâhad ân ki tâ aknûn az ô
     čûğrî xurdî hamê u tâ'ifî u halvang

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

The reading هلونگ is a restoration of لیولنگ and هبولنگ, recorded in Persian lexicons.