حيوان
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Arabic
Etymology
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From the root ح ي و (ḥ-y-w), stemming from Proto-West Semitic *ḥayaw- (“to live”). Parallelly found in Hebrew חיה (ḥayyā), Classical Syriac ܚܝܘܬܐ (ḥaywəṯā) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎆𐎉 (ḥwṭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
حَيَوَان • (ḥayawān) m (plural حَيَوَانَات (ḥayawānāt))
- animal, beast
- الحَيَوَانُ الْمُفْتَرِسُ يَعِيشُ فِي الْغَابَةِ.
- al-ḥayawānu l-muftarisu yaʕīšu fī l-ḡābati.
- The predatory animal lives in the forest.
- (collectively) animals, living creatures
- (archaic) verbal noun of حَيَّ (ḥayya): life; (especially) long, eternal life
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:64:
- وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
- wamā hāḏihi l-ḥayātu d-dunyā ʔillā lahwun walaʕibun waʔinna d-dāra l-ʔāḵirata lahiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʕlamūna
- And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter – that is the life, if only they knew.
Declension
Declension of noun حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَيَوَان ḥayawān |
الْحَيَوَان al-ḥayawān |
حَيَوَان ḥayawān |
| Nominative | حَيَوَانٌ ḥayawānun |
الْحَيَوَانُ al-ḥayawānu |
حَيَوَانُ ḥayawānu |
| Accusative | حَيَوَانًا ḥayawānan |
الْحَيَوَانَ al-ḥayawāna |
حَيَوَانَ ḥayawāna |
| Genitive | حَيَوَانٍ ḥayawānin |
الْحَيَوَانِ al-ḥayawāni |
حَيَوَانِ ḥayawāni |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | حَيَوَانَيْن ḥayawānayn |
الْحَيَوَانَيْن al-ḥayawānayn |
حَيَوَانَيْ ḥayawānay |
| Nominative | حَيَوَانَانِ ḥayawānāni |
الْحَيَوَانَانِ al-ḥayawānāni |
حَيَوَانَا ḥayawānā |
| Accusative | حَيَوَانَيْنِ ḥayawānayni |
الْحَيَوَانَيْنِ al-ḥayawānayni |
حَيَوَانَيْ ḥayawānay |
| Genitive | حَيَوَانَيْنِ ḥayawānayni |
الْحَيَوَانَيْنِ al-ḥayawānayni |
حَيَوَانَيْ ḥayawānay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَيَوَانَات ḥayawānāt |
الْحَيَوَانَات al-ḥayawānāt |
حَيَوَانَات ḥayawānāt |
| Nominative | حَيَوَانَاتٌ ḥayawānātun |
الْحَيَوَانَاتُ al-ḥayawānātu |
حَيَوَانَاتُ ḥayawānātu |
| Accusative | حَيَوَانَاتٍ ḥayawānātin |
الْحَيَوَانَاتِ al-ḥayawānāti |
حَيَوَانَاتِ ḥayawānāti |
| Genitive | حَيَوَانَاتٍ ḥayawānātin |
الْحَيَوَانَاتِ al-ḥayawānāti |
حَيَوَانَاتِ ḥayawānāti |
Descendants
- → Armenian: հայվան (hayvan)
- → Avar: хӏайван (ḥʳajwan)
- → Azerbaijani: heyvan
- → Bashkir: хайуан (xaywan)
- → Crimean Tatar: ayvan
- → Karachay-Balkar: хайуан (xayuan)
- → Kumyk: гьайван (haywan)
- → Kurdish:
- → Madurese: ꦲ꦳ꦺꦮꦤ꧀
- → Ossetian: хайуан (xajwan)
- → Classical Persian: حَیْوَان (haywān)
- Iranian Persian: حیوان (heyvân)
- Tajik: ҳайвон (hayvon)
- → Hindi: हैवान (haivān)
- → Kazakh: хайуан (xaiuan)
- → Khalaj: həyvân
- → Kyrgyz: айбан (ayban)
- → Malay: haiwan / حیوان
- Indonesian: hewan
- → Ottoman Turkish: حیوان (hayvan)
- → Punjabi: ਹੈਵਾਨ (haivān)
- → Turkmen: haýwan
- → Urdu: حیوان (haivān)
- → Uyghur: ھايۋان (haywan)
- → Uzbek: hayvon
- → Swahili: hayawani
- → Somali: xayawaan
- → Swedish: haiwan
- → Tatar: хайван (xaywan)
- → Zazaki: heywan
Malay
Noun
حيوان (plural حيوان-حيوان or حيوان۲, informal 1st possessive حيوانکو, 2nd possessive حيوانمو, 3rd possessive حيوانڽ)
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
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| ح ي و |
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Etymology
From Arabic حَيَوان (ḥayawān).