حلزون

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حلزون

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Borrowed from Aramaic חְלָזוֹנָא / ܚܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ (ḥəlāzōnā, “snail”). This has been reckoned to be from Ancient Greek ἑλικών (helikṓn) or ἑλικόν (helikón), but visibly it bears the diminutive ending -ōnā, relating to a base verb “to crawl”, see حِسْل (ḥisl, “young of a spiny-tailed lizard”).

noun حَلَزُون · ḥalazūn · حَلَزُونَة · الْحَلَزُون

collective snail (a mollusk with a coiled shell)
collective pastry in the form of a snail or helix

noun حَلَزُون · ḥalazūn · الْحَلَزُون · حَلَزُونٌ

spiral, helix

In English

snail any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell
spiral geometry

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {حلزون},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}