حلتيت

See also: حلتیت

Arabic

حِلْتِيت

Alternative forms

حِلْتِيث (ḥiltīṯ) — obsolete, different outcome of begedkefet
حِنْتِيت (ḥintīt) — in the dialects of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
حِلْتِيتَة (ḥiltīta), حِنْتِيتَة (ḥintīta) — dialectal

Etymology

From Aramaic חלתיתא / ܚܠܬܝܬܐ (ḥeltīṯā, “hing, asafoetida”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħil.tiːt/
(colloquial) IPA^(key): /ħal.tiːt/

Noun

حِلْتِيت • (ḥiltīt) m

hing, asafoetida

Declension

Declension of noun حِلْتِيت (ḥiltīt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِلْتِيت ḥiltīt	الْحِلْتِيت al-ḥiltīt	حِلْتِيت ḥiltīt
Nominative	حِلْتِيتٌ ḥiltītun	الْحِلْتِيتُ al-ḥiltītu	حِلْتِيتُ ḥiltītu
Accusative	حِلْتِيتًا ḥiltītan	الْحِلْتِيتَ al-ḥiltīta	حِلْتِيتَ ḥiltīta
Genitive	حِلْتِيتٍ ḥiltītin	الْحِلْتِيتِ al-ḥiltīti	حِلْتِيتِ ḥiltīti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: hiltit, xiltit
→ Medieval Latin: altit, altith
→ Middle Armenian: հլթիս (hltʻis)
→ Old Catalan: alfaltic
→ Ottoman Turkish: حلتیت (hiltit)
- Turkish: hıthıt, hiltit, hıltıt, hıltit
→ Persian: حلتیت (heltit), حلتیث (heltis), حنتیت (hentit)

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 140
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 452–455
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 36

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