English
haleem
Haleem comes from Arabic حَلِيم ‘patient, meek, tolerant, lenient, clement’, and goes back to حَلُمَ.
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَلُمَḥaluma‘to be patient’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentحَلِيمḥalīm‘patient, meek, tolerant, lenient, clement’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006haleem
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَلُمَḥaluma‘to be patient’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentحَلِيمḥalīm‘patient, meek, tolerant, lenient, clement’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006haleem
Earliest quotation: 2006, Mike Sula, How to Eat Ethnic: “The 24-hour Kababish […] has a few booths set…”
Every English word from Arabic حَلُمَ
Today it means
noun A stew-like dish traditionally consisting of wheat, mutton, spices, and other ingredients, popular in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic حَلُمَ / haleem