Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to a hilum.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to a hilum.
  • noun The crescent moon, used in determining the start and end of Islamic months in the Hijri calendar.

Etymologies

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Arabic هلال‎

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Examples

  • The exact day on which Eid falls depends on the sighting of the new moon -- the hilal, which is only visible just after sunset.

    TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News 2009

  • Now, having cut the beast's throat to make him "hilal," according to Mussulman usage, and thinking we had done enough if I could only return to the first wounded bull and settle him too, we commenced retracing our steps, and by accident came on Grant.

    The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

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  • But there is no uncertainty as to the derivation of _ahalla_ from _hilal_ (new moon) *****************************************

    Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881

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  • 'Allah' or turned into the word 'hilal' (crescent).

    Turkish Press 2010

  • Pakistan and Jordan, hilal is determined by actual observation and can be affected by weather and other factors.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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