حلقوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ل ق (ḥ-l-q) meaning "to razor something", hence the place or portions severed when slaughtering an animal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħul.quːm/

Noun

حُلْقُوم • (ḥulqūm) m (plural حَلَاقِيم (ḥalāqīm))

1. throat, gullet
2. esophagus, place of the epiglottis
3. trachea, windpipe
4. fauces
5. ellipsis of رَاحَةُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāḥatu l-ḥulqūm).

Declension

Declension of noun حُلْقُوم (ḥulqūm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُلْقُوم ḥulqūm	الْحُلْقُوم al-ḥulqūm	حُلْقُوم ḥulqūm
Nominative	حُلْقُومٌ ḥulqūmun	الْحُلْقُومُ al-ḥulqūmu	حُلْقُومُ ḥulqūmu
Accusative	حُلْقُومًا ḥulqūman	الْحُلْقُومَ al-ḥulqūma	حُلْقُومَ ḥulqūma
Genitive	حُلْقُومٍ ḥulqūmin	الْحُلْقُومِ al-ḥulqūmi	حُلْقُومِ ḥulqūmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُلْقُومَيْن ḥulqūmayn	الْحُلْقُومَيْن al-ḥulqūmayn	حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay
Nominative	حُلْقُومَانِ ḥulqūmāni	الْحُلْقُومَانِ al-ḥulqūmāni	حُلْقُومَا ḥulqūmā
Accusative	حُلْقُومَيْنِ ḥulqūmayni	الْحُلْقُومَيْنِ al-ḥulqūmayni	حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay
Genitive	حُلْقُومَيْنِ ḥulqūmayni	الْحُلْقُومَيْنِ al-ḥulqūmayni	حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلَاقِيم ḥalāqīm	الْحَلَاقِيم al-ḥalāqīm	حَلَاقِيم ḥalāqīm
Nominative	حَلَاقِيمُ ḥalāqīmu	الْحَلَاقِيمُ al-ḥalāqīmu	حَلَاقِيمُ ḥalāqīmu
Accusative	حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma	الْحَلَاقِيمَ al-ḥalāqīma	حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma
Genitive	حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma	الْحَلَاقِيمِ al-ḥalāqīmi	حَلَاقِيمِ ḥalāqīmi

Derived terms

• رَاحَةُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāḥatu l-ḥulqūm, “Turkish delight”)

Descendants

• Bengali: ওলকম (ōlokom)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حلقوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حلقوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 628-631