हिलाल

See also: हल्ला, हल्ली, and हलाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هلال (hilāl), from Arabic هِلَال (hilāl).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.lɑːl/, [ɦɪ.läːl]

Noun

हिलाल • (hilāl) m (Urdu spelling ہِلال)

1. crescent, crescent moon

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हिलाल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5521
• Platts, John T. (1884) “هلال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1231
• “हिलाल”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.