هوی

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See also: هوى and هوي

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic هَوًى (hawan).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	hawā
Dari reading^?	hawā
Iranian reading^?	havâ
Tajik reading^?	havo

Homophone: هوا

Noun

هوی • (havâ)

passion; desire
Synonyms: هوس (havas), شور (šur)
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 137”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎:
  ای بلبل خوش سخن چه شیرین نفسی
  سرمست هوی و پای‌بند هوسی
  ay bulbul-i xwaš suxan či šīrīn nafas-ī
  sarmast-i hawā u pāy-band-i hawas-ī
  O fair-spoken nightingale, how sweet is your breath!
  You are drunk from desire, feet shacked to passion.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Classical reading^?	hūy

Noun

هوی • (huy)

Obsolete form of (hu, “cry”).

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