حیوان
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حیوانات
See also: حيوان
Chagatai
Etymology
From Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
Noun
حیوان (haywan)
Descendants
Further reading
- Schluessel, Eric (2018) “حیوان”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources, Michigan Publishing, page 247
Khalaj
Noun
حَیوان (həyvân) (definite accusative حَیوانؽ, plural حَیوانلار)
Declension
Declension of حیوان
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | حیوان | حیوانلار |
| genitive | حیوانؽݧ | حیوانلارؽݧ |
| dative | حیوانقا | حیوانلارقا |
| definite accusative | حیوانؽ | حیوانلارؽ |
| locative | حیوانچا | حیوانلارچا |
| ablative | حیواندا | حیوانلاردا |
| instrumental | حیوانلا | حیوانلارلا |
| equative | حیوانوارا | حیوانلاروارا |
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
Noun
حیوان • (hayvan) (plural حیوانات (hayvanat))
- animal, any multicellular organism in the clade Animalia
- Synonym: جانور (canavar)
- (figuratively) brute, beast, a person who behaves in a uncivilized manner
- beast of burden, draught animal, any animal that carries or pulls a load
Derived terms
- حیوان ناطق (hayvan-ı natık, “human, man”)
- حیوانجه (hayvanca, “brutal, wild”)
- حیوانلق (hayvanlık, “brutishness, brutality”)
- حیوانی (hayvanı, “pertaining to animals”)
Related terms
- حیوانیت (hevaniyet)
Descendants
- Turkish: hayvan
- → Albanian: hajvan
- → Greek: χαϊβάνι (chaïváni)
- → Macedonian: ајван (ajvan)
- → Serbo-Croatian: hajvan／хајван
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hayvan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1917
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حیوان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 524
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Animal”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 63
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حیوان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1828
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hayvan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حیوان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 817
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | haywān |
| Dari reading? | haywān |
| Iranian reading? | heyvân |
| Tajik reading? | hayvon |
- Rhymes: -ân
Noun
| Dari | حیوان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ҳайвон |
حِیْوان • (heyvân) (plural حیوانات (heyvânât) or حیوانان (heyvânân))
- animal
- Synonym: جانْوَر (jânvar)
- حیوان وحشی ― heyvân-e vahši ― wild animal
- (offensive) beast, brute; person who behaves wildly
- (literary) life, vital force; (in particular) eternal life
- Synonym: حیات (hayât)
- آب حیوان ― âb-e heyvân ― water of life
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2596:
- آب حیوان خوان مخوان این را سخن / روح نو بین در تن حرف کهن
- âb-i-haywân xwân maxwân en râ suxan / rûh-i-naw ben dar tan-i-harf-i-kuhan
- Call it the Water of Life, call it not a discourse: behold the new spirit in the body of the old letter!.
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
Noun
حیوان • (haivān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਹੈਵਾਨ)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦɛː.ʋɑːn/
Noun
حَیوان • (haivān) m (Hindi spelling हैवान)
Derived terms
- حَیْوانِیات (hayvāniyāt, “zoology”)
- حَیْوانِیَت (hayvāniyat, “bestiality”)
- حَیْوانی (hayvānī)