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Where does “هائل” come from?

هائل (Arabic) comes from Arabic هَالَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

هائل (Arabic): active participle of هَالَ

Definitions

  1. active participle of هَالَ

Ancestry of “هائل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicهَالَto scare away, to frighten
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
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