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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
han-dal
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Arabic حَنْضَل (ḥanḍal, “colocynth”), a dialectal merger of حَنْظَل (ḥanẓal, “colocynth”). This surname is particularly found in Honduras. * Borrowed from Norwegian Handal, a habitational surname from any of several farmsteads in Norway.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: حَنْضَل, Handal

Inflected Forms

Handals (plural)

Questions

What does handal mean?
A surname.
Where does handal come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce handal

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