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حَوْلَ
around /ˈħawla/
particleB1#2962 most common
Also: about, round
Example sentences
يجري الولد حول المنزل.
The boy runs around the house.
نظرتُ حولي بحذر.
I looked around me carefully.
تجمّع الجيران حول السيارة المحطمة.
The neighbors gathered around the wrecked car.
تدور الأرض حول الشمس.
The Earth revolves around the sun.
دارت المفاوضات حول رفع الأجور.
The negotiations revolved around a wage increase.
لطالما دارت الأسئلة الفلسفية حول جوهر الوجود ذاته منذ فجر التاريخ.
Philosophical questions have long revolved around the very essence of existence, since the dawn of history.
Word family
حَوْلyear; surrounding areaحالstate, condition
حوّلto convert, transform, redirect
تحويلtransfer, conversion, diversion
محاولةattempt
Etymology
حَوْلَ comes from the triliteral Semitic root ح-و-ل, which carries the sense of turning, circling, or changing. The base noun حَوْل means a circuit or a full turning, and by extension a year, since a year is one full turn of the seasons. The frozen accusative form حَوْلَ came to function as a preposition meaning around, describing a circuit traced around something.
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