חלון

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Hebrew

FWOTD – 20 November 2019

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
ח־ל־ל (kh-l-l)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎐 (ḥln, “window”). The Ugaritic form makes unlikely the traditional association with חָלַל (“to pierce”), cognate with Arabic خَلَّ (ḵalla, “to bore, to punch”).

Noun

חַלּוֹן • (khalón) m or f (plural indefinite חַלּוֹנוֹת)

  1. a window
    • Tanach, Ezekiel 40:16, with translation of the American Standard Version:
      וְחַלֹּנוֹת אֲטֻמוֹת אֶל הַתָּאִים
      wəḥallonoṯ ʔăṭumoṯ ʔɛl hatɔʔim
      And there were closed windows to the lodges
    • 1891, Hayim Nahman Bialik, To the Bird 1–2:
      שָׁלוֹם רָב שׁוּבֵךְ, צִפֹּרָה נֶחְמֶדֶת,
      מֵאַרְצוֹת הַחֹם אֶל־חַלּוֹנִי.
      Shalóm ráv shúvekh, tzipurá nekhmédet,
      me'artzót hakhóm el-khaloní.
      Welcome back to my window, lovely bird,
      On your return from the warm lands to my window.
  2. (slang) a free period
Usage notes
  • In modern Hebrew the word is usually masculine.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
ח־ל־ן (kh-l-n)

Noun

חִלּוּן • (khilún) m

  1. defective spelling of חילון

References

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