Where does “حوالي” come from?

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

حوالي (South Levantine Arabic): around, round

Definitions

  1. around, round

Ancestry of “حوالي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحواليaround; approximately, around
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →