حل
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حل
Where it comes from
From the root ح ل ل (ḥ l l). Compare Hebrew חל.
The meaning of “sesame oil” may derive via a chain of calques from Akkadian 𒉌𒄑 (ellum), which is also homographic to 𒉌𒄑 (šamnum, “oil”), that, to build a bridge, might suggest that Aramaic חָלָא / ܚܠܐ (ḥallā) also had this meaning but has consistently been misread as more common “vinegar”, the etymon of Arabic خَلّ (ḵall, “vinegar”), if not other homographs, due to complete merger of ḥ and ḫ more likely than in Arabic itself where it also happens due to taṣḥīf.
verb حَلَّ · ḥalla · يَحُلُّ · حَلّ · حَالّ
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to unfasten; to untie; to unknot; to unravel; to disentangle; to loosen
وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي
Similar: فَكَّ · Opposite: عَقَدَ, رَبَطَ, سَلْسَلَ, رَكَّبَ, لَصَقَ, صَمَّغَ
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to solve, to find an answer to or a solution for (something, such as a problem); to untangle; to crack
Similar: فَكَّ · Opposite: عَقَدَ, رَبَطَ, سَلْسَلَ, رَكَّبَ, لَصَقَ, صَمَّغَ
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to liquefy; to dissolve
Similar: أَذَابَ, سَيَّحَ · Opposite: صَلَّبَ, جَمَّدَ, ثَلَّجَ
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to turn into a solution
Similar: أَذَابَ, سَيَّحَ · Opposite: صَلَّبَ, جَمَّدَ, ثَلَّجَ
- to invalidate, to deprive of effective legal or otherwise binding power; to dissolve وَعَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ أَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ يُؤَكِّدُ كُلَّ النُّبُوءَاتِ السَّابِقَةِ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ يَحُلُّ مَحَلَّهَا، وَيُمَيِّزُ اللُّغَةَ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ كَلُغَةٍ لِهَذَا الْإِلْغَاءِ. رِسَالَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، رَسُولٌ وَاحِدٌ، لُغَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ: الرِّسَالَةُ هِيَ الرَّحْمَةُ، الرَّسُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ، اللُ
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to breach (a contract, an agreement, an oath, and the like); to break
Similar: نَقَضَ
- to settle; to approach فَلَأَنْتَ أَنْتَ إِذَاْ حَلَلْتَ بــ: طَيْبَةٍ
verb حَلَّ · ḥalla · يَحِلُّ · يَحُلُّ · حُلُول
- to dismount; to stop, to halt
- to stay, to settle
- to visit
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to live in, to reside in (a place)
وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا تُصِيبُهُم بِمَا صَنَعُوا قَارِعَةٌ أَوْ تَحُلُّ قَرِيبًا مِّن دَارِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَ وَعْدُ اللَّهِ
Similar: بَقِيَ, أَقَامَ, قَرَّ, مَكَثَ, سَكَنَ, وَطَنَ, عَاشَ, عَمَرَ
- to occupy, to take (someone's place) كان في أحد الأكياس تشكيلة من البسكويت القديم الذي اندثر من بقالات صنعاء وغيرها من المدن. هذه الأنواع من البسكويت كانت متوفرة عندما كنت صغيراً وعمري على ما أذكر 4–7 سنوات، ثمّ اختفت بالتدريج، وحلّت محلّها أصناف أخرى.
- to descend, to go down
- to occur, to happen
- to befall [with بِ (bi) or عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’] (of punishment, suffering, hatred or something else negative) كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِي وَمَنْ يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِي فَقَدْ هَوَىٰ
- to overwhelm [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’] (of sleep)
- to arrive, to begin (of a season or time)
- to become incarnate [with فِي (fī) ‘in someone’] (of God)
verb حَلَّ · ḥalla · يَحِلُّ · حَلَال · حِلّ
- to be or become permissible or lawful وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَأْخُذُوا مِمَّا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْئًا
noun حَلّ · ḥall · حُلُول · الْحَلّ
- verbal noun of حَلَّ (ḥalla) (form I)
- a solution لِكُلِّ مُشْكِلَةٍ أَلْفُ حَلٍّ.
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sesame, or sesame oil
وتعجن بدهن اللوز أو الحل، الشربة منه حبة إلى دانقين بسمن بقر أو بدهن الحل.
Similar: زَيْت سِمْسِم, سَلِيط, شِيرَج, سِمْسِم, جُلْجُلَان
In English
Talk about this word "حل." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%84. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. حل. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%84 "حل." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%84.Cite this
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title = {حل},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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