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Particle [Arabic]

IPA: /hal/ Forms: هَلْ [canonical], hal [romanization]
Etymology: Univerbation of هَـ (ha-, now interrogative أَ (ʔa)) + لـ (l-, affirmative particle, found as لَـ (la-, “truly”) and the exhortative لِـ (li-) the vowel of which disappears between فَـ (fa-) or وَ (wa) and a following verb). Etymology templates: {{univerbation|ar|هَـ|لـ|pos1=now interrogative <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">أَ</i> (ʔa)|pos2=affirmative particle, found as <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">لَـ</i> (la-, “truly”) and the exhortative <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">لِـ</i> (li-) the vowel of which disappears between <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">فَـ</i> (fa-) or <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">وَ</i> (wa) and a following verb}} Univerbation of هَـ (ha-, now interrogative أَ (ʔa)) + لـ (l-, affirmative particle, found as لَـ (la-, “truly”) and the exhortative لِـ (li-) the vowel of which disappears between فَـ (fa-) or وَ (wa) and a following verb) Head templates: {{ar-particle|هَلْ}} هَلْ • (hal)
  1. introduces a positive yes-no question Synonyms: أَ
    Sense id: en-هل-ar-particle-1pMs1N6~ Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic interrogative particles, Arabic particles, Arabic univerbations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 49 18 33 Disambiguation of Arabic interrogative particles: 46 18 36 Disambiguation of Arabic particles: 52 17 31 Disambiguation of Arabic univerbations: 52 17 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 44 16 26 5 2 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 16 28 2 1 2 2
  2. indicates a suggestion
    Sense id: en-هل-ar-particle-n9e1h~Zs
  3. indicates an exclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”), as in alternative questions Synonyms: أَ
    Sense id: en-هل-ar-particle-BFW36LjD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: أَ (ʔa)

Noun [Persian]

IPA: [hul] [Classical-Persian], [hʊl] [Dari, formal], [hʊl] [Dari, formal], [ʔʊl] [Kabuli], [ʔul̥] (note: Hazaragi), [hol̥] [Iran, formal], [hul] [Tajik, formal] Forms: hol [romanization]
Rhymes: -ol (In Iran) Etymology: From Middle Persian ʾwl (ul, “up(wards)”). Etymology templates: {{der|fa|pal|ʾwl||gloss=up(wards)|tr=ul}} Middle Persian ʾwl (ul, “up(wards)”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=hol|tr2=|tr3=}} هل • (hol), {{fa-noun|tr=hol}} هل • (hol)
  1. push, shove Derived forms: هل دادن (hol dâdan) (english: to push)
    Sense id: en-هل-fa-noun-XHh8lE4c Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 32 9 24 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Persian]

IPA: [hil] [Classical-Persian], [hɪl] [Dari, formal], [hɪl] [Dari, formal], [ʔɪl] [Kabuli], [ʔil̥] (note: Hazaragi), [hel̥] [Iran, formal], [hil] [Tajik, formal] Forms: hel [romanization]
Rhymes: -el (In Iran) Etymology: From earlier هیل (hil), ultimately from Sanskrit एला (elā), borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *ēla. Etymology templates: {{der|fa|sa|एला}} Sanskrit एला (elā), {{der|fa|dra-pro|*ēla}} Proto-Dravidian *ēla Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=hel|tr2=|tr3=}} هل • (hel), {{fa-noun|tr=hel}} هل • (hel)
  1. cardamom
    Sense id: en-هل-fa-noun-MLZSY9A- Categories (other): Persian terms with redundant script codes
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Persian]

Forms: hel- [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|fa|verb form|tr=hel-}} هل • (hel-)
  1. present stem of هلیدن (helidan) Tags: form-of, present, stem Form of: هلیدن (extra: helidan)
    Sense id: en-هل-fa-verb-CRXHbdZE Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 32 9 24 35
  2. present stem of هشتن (heštan) Tags: form-of, present, stem Form of: هشتن (extra: heštan)
    Sense id: en-هل-fa-verb-PjQada74 Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 32 9 24 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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          "english": "Did you open the window?",
          "roman": "hal fataḥta n-nāfiḏata?",
          "text": "هَلْ فَتَحْتَ النَّافِذَةَ؟",
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          "english": "Is the boy at school?",
          "roman": "hali l-waladu fī l-madrasati?",
          "text": "هَلِ ٱلْوَلَدُ فِي ٱلْمَدْرَسَةِ؟",
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          "english": "Are you Egyptian?",
          "roman": "hal ʔanta miṣriyyun?",
          "text": "هَلْ أَنْتَ مِصْرِيٌّ؟",
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        "introduces a positive yes-no question"
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          "english": "Shall I guide you to a transaction that will save you from a painful punishment?",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 61:10:",
          "roman": "hal ʔadullukum ʕalā tijāratin tunjīkum min ʕaḏābin ʔalīmin",
          "text": "هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى تِجَارَةٍ تُنْجِيكُم مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ",
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          "english": "If it is meant that the minds of right-minded men have not attained knowledge of such things, then yes, this is true. If, however, it is meant that not even right-minded men have knowledge of nor are certain about anything but are rather in doubt and perplexity, this is absolutely false, together with what Ḏū al-Nūn said on this matter. Ḏū al-Nūn himself, though, did say things for which he was reproached and chastised by al-Ḥāriṯ ibn Miskīn, and he was sent for by al-Mutawakkil and was charged with heresy and has been deemed to be among the Philosophers, and so I do not know whether he said this or not.",
          "ref": "13th-14th century CE, Taqī al-Dīn ʾAḥmad ibn Taymiyyah, مَجْمُوع الْفَتَاوَى [majmūʕ al-fatāwā, The Collection of Rulings], volume 11, Medina, Saudi Arabia: King Fahd Complex, published 2004, →ISBN, pages 392–393:",
          "roman": "majmūʕ al-fatāwā",
          "text": "فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الْمُرِيدُ أَنَّ عُقُولَ الْعُقَلَاءِ لَمْ تَصِلْ إلَى مَعْرِفَةِ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْأُمُورِ فَهَذَا صَحِيحٌ وَأَمَّا إذَا أَرَادَ أَنَّ الْعُقَلَاءَ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُمْ عِلْمٌ وَلَا يَقِينٌ بَلْ حَيْرَةٌ وَرَيْبٌ فَهَذَا بَاطِلٌ قَطْعًا. وَمَا ذُكِرَ عَنْ ذِي النُّونِ \" فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ مَعَ أَنَّ ذَا النُّونِ قَدْ وَقَعَ مِنْهُ كَلَامٌ أَنْكَرَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَزَّرَهُ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ وَطَلَبَهُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُ إلَى بَغْدَادَ وَاتُّهِمَ بِالزَّنْدَقَةِ وَجَعَلَهُ النَّاسُ مَنْ الْفَلَاسِفَةِ فَمَا أَدْرِي هَلْ قَالَ هَذَا أَمْ لَا؟",
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    }
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  "word": "هل"
}

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        "4": "",
        "gloss": "up(wards)",
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      "name": "der"
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      "tags": [
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "هل دادن"
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        ]
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    }
  ],
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        "Classical-Persian"
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      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hʊl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔʊl]",
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        "Kabuli"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʔul̥]",
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    {
      "ipa": "[hol̥]",
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        "Iran",
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hul]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ol (In Iran)"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "هَيْل",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: هَيْل (hayl), هال (hāl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: هَيْل (hayl), هال (hāl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "tr": "hēl"
          },
          "expansion": "Hijazi Arabic: هيل (hēl)",
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "axm",
            "2": "հէլ",
            "3": "հիլ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Armenian: հէլ (hēl), հիլ (hil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Armenian: հէլ (hēl), հիլ (hil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "հիլ"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: հիլ (hil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: հիլ (hil)"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
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            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "hil"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: hil (hil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: hil (hil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bsg",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Bashkardi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkardi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Minābi: هیل (hil), هل (hel)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "ილი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ილი (ili)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ილი (ili)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "הֵל",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "hel"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: הֵל (hel)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: הֵל (hel)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "هیل",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "hale"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: هیل (hale)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: هیل (hale)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[hɪl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɪl]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔil̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hel̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hil]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-el (In Iran)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:هل"
  ],
  "word": "هل"
}

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  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hel-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "verb form",
        "tr": "hel-"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "32 9 24 35",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "present stem of هلیدن (helidan)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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      ]
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      "categories": [
        {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "heštan",
          "word": "هشتن"
        }
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        "present stem of هشتن (heštan)"
      ],
      "id": "en-هل-fa-verb-PjQada74",
      "links": [
        [
          "هشتن",
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        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "present",
        "stem"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "هل"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic interrogative particles",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic particles",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Arabic univerbations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "هَـ",
        "3": "لـ",
        "pos1": "now interrogative <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">أَ</i> (ʔa)",
        "pos2": "affirmative particle, found as <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">لَـ</i> (la-, “truly”) and the exhortative <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">لِـ</i> (li-) the vowel of which disappears between <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">فَـ</i> (fa-) or <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">وَ</i> (wa) and a following verb"
      },
      "expansion": "Univerbation of هَـ (ha-, now interrogative أَ (ʔa)) + لـ (l-, affirmative particle, found as لَـ (la-, “truly”) and the exhortative لِـ (li-) the vowel of which disappears between فَـ (fa-) or وَ (wa) and a following verb)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Univerbation of هَـ (ha-, now interrogative أَ (ʔa)) + لـ (l-, affirmative particle, found as لَـ (la-, “truly”) and the exhortative لِـ (li-) the vowel of which disappears between فَـ (fa-) or وَ (wa) and a following verb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "هَلْ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hal",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "هَلْ"
      },
      "expansion": "هَلْ • (hal)",
      "name": "ar-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "ʔa",
      "word": "أَ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Did you open the window?",
          "roman": "hal fataḥta n-nāfiḏata?",
          "text": "هَلْ فَتَحْتَ النَّافِذَةَ؟",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Is the boy at school?",
          "roman": "hali l-waladu fī l-madrasati?",
          "text": "هَلِ ٱلْوَلَدُ فِي ٱلْمَدْرَسَةِ؟",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Are you Egyptian?",
          "roman": "hal ʔanta miṣriyyun?",
          "text": "هَلْ أَنْتَ مِصْرِيٌّ؟",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "introduces a positive yes-no question"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "أَ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Shall I guide you to a transaction that will save you from a painful punishment?",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 61:10:",
          "roman": "hal ʔadullukum ʕalā tijāratin tunjīkum min ʕaḏābin ʔalīmin",
          "text": "هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى تِجَارَةٍ تُنْجِيكُم مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates a suggestion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              583,
              590
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              532,
              536
            ]
          ],
          "english": "If it is meant that the minds of right-minded men have not attained knowledge of such things, then yes, this is true. If, however, it is meant that not even right-minded men have knowledge of nor are certain about anything but are rather in doubt and perplexity, this is absolutely false, together with what Ḏū al-Nūn said on this matter. Ḏū al-Nūn himself, though, did say things for which he was reproached and chastised by al-Ḥāriṯ ibn Miskīn, and he was sent for by al-Mutawakkil and was charged with heresy and has been deemed to be among the Philosophers, and so I do not know whether he said this or not.",
          "ref": "13th-14th century CE, Taqī al-Dīn ʾAḥmad ibn Taymiyyah, مَجْمُوع الْفَتَاوَى [majmūʕ al-fatāwā, The Collection of Rulings], volume 11, Medina, Saudi Arabia: King Fahd Complex, published 2004, →ISBN, pages 392–393:",
          "roman": "majmūʕ al-fatāwā",
          "text": "فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الْمُرِيدُ أَنَّ عُقُولَ الْعُقَلَاءِ لَمْ تَصِلْ إلَى مَعْرِفَةِ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْأُمُورِ فَهَذَا صَحِيحٌ وَأَمَّا إذَا أَرَادَ أَنَّ الْعُقَلَاءَ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُمْ عِلْمٌ وَلَا يَقِينٌ بَلْ حَيْرَةٌ وَرَيْبٌ فَهَذَا بَاطِلٌ قَطْعًا. وَمَا ذُكِرَ عَنْ ذِي النُّونِ \" فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ مَعَ أَنَّ ذَا النُّونِ قَدْ وَقَعَ مِنْهُ كَلَامٌ أَنْكَرَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَزَّرَهُ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ وَطَلَبَهُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُ إلَى بَغْدَادَ وَاتُّهِمَ بِالزَّنْدَقَةِ وَجَعَلَهُ النَّاسُ مَنْ الْفَلَاسِفَةِ فَمَا أَدْرِي هَلْ قَالَ هَذَا أَمْ لَا؟",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates an exclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”), as in alternative questions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "أَمْ",
          "أم#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "أَ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hal/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "هل"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian non-lemma forms",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Persian verb forms",
    "Rhymes:Persian/ol",
    "Rhymes:Persian/ol/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to push",
      "roman": "hol dâdan",
      "word": "هل دادن"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "ʾwl",
        "4": "",
        "gloss": "up(wards)",
        "tr": "ul"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian ʾwl (ul, “up(wards)”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian ʾwl (ul, “up(wards)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hol",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "hol",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "هل • (hol)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "hol"
      },
      "expansion": "هل • (hol)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "push, shove"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "push",
          "push"
        ],
        [
          "shove",
          "shove"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[hul]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hʊl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hʊl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔʊl]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔul̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hol̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hul]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ol (In Iran)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "هل"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian non-lemma forms",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Dravidian",
    "Persian terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Persian terms with redundant script codes",
    "Persian verb forms",
    "Rhymes:Persian/el",
    "Rhymes:Persian/el/1 syllable"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "هَيْل",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: هَيْل (hayl), هال (hāl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: هَيْل (hayl), هال (hāl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "acw",
            "2": "هيل",
            "tr": "hēl"
          },
          "expansion": "Hijazi Arabic: هيل (hēl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hijazi Arabic: هيل (hēl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "axm",
            "2": "հէլ",
            "3": "հիլ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Armenian: հէլ (hēl), հիլ (hil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Armenian: հէլ (hēl), հիլ (hil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "հիլ"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: հիլ (hil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: հիլ (hil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "hil",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "hil"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: hil (hil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: hil (hil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bsg",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkardi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkardi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Minābi: هیل (hil), هل (hel)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ილი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ილი (ili)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ილი (ili)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "הֵל",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "hel"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: הֵל (hel)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: הֵל (hel)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "هیل",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "hale"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: هیل (hale)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: هیل (hale)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "एला"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit एला (elā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*ēla"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *ēla",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier هیل (hil), ultimately from Sanskrit एला (elā), borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *ēla.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hel",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "hel",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "هل • (hel)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "hel"
      },
      "expansion": "هل • (hel)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cardamom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cardamom",
          "cardamom"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[hil]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hɪl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hɪl]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɪl]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔil̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hel̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hil]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-el (In Iran)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:هل"
  ],
  "word": "هل"
}

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    "Persian verb forms"
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  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hel-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "verb form",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "helidan",
          "word": "هلیدن"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present stem of هلیدن (helidan)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "هلیدن",
          "هلیدن#Persian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "heštan",
          "word": "هشتن"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present stem of هشتن (heštan)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "هشتن",
          "هشتن#Persian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "stem"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "هل"
}

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