हव्वा
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word हव्वा. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word हव्वा, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say हव्वा in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word हव्वा you have here. The definition of the word हव्वा will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofहव्वा, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Hindi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Classical Persian حوا (hawwā), from Arabic حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ), from Hebrew חוה (ḥawwâ). Distant doublet of ईव (īv).
Alternative forms
- हौवा (hauvā)
Proper noun
हव्वा • (havvā) f (Urdu spelling حَوَّا)
- (Abrahamism) Eve
- 1885, हिन्दी की दूसरी पुस्तक , Allahabad: Christian Vernacular Education Society, →OCLC, page 27:
- पहिले पुरुष का नाम जिसे परमेश्वर ने सृजा आदम था। परमेश्वर ने उसे मिट्टी से बनाया। […] फिर परमेश्वर ने पहिली स्त्री जिस का नाम हव्वा था बनाई। परमेश्वर ने आदम और हव्वा को एक सुन्दर बारी में रखा।
- pahile puruṣ kā nām jise parmeśvar ne sŕjā ādam thā. parmeśvar ne use miṭṭī se banāyā. […] phir parmeśvar ne pahilī strī jis kā nām havvā thā banāī. parmeśvar ne ādam aur havvā ko ek sundar bārī mẽ rakhā.
- The name of the first man created by God was Adam. God made him with earth. Then God created the first woman whose name was Eve. God kept Adam and Eve in a beautiful garden.
- 2017, बच्चों की मनोरंजक कहानियाँ , New Delhi: V&S Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31, →ISBN:
- आखिरकार, उसने वह फल चख ही लिया, इसकी खबर परमेश्वर तक पहुँची। परमेश्वर क्रोधित हो उठा तथा उसने आदम और हव्वा को ‘अदनवाटिका’ से निष्कासित कर दिया।
- ākhirkār, usne vah phal cakh hī liyā, iskī khabar parmeśvar tak pahũcī. parmeśvar krodhit ho uṭhā tathā usne ādam aur havvā ko ‘adanvāṭikā’ se niṣkāsit kar diyā.
- Finally, he tasted the fruit, and the news reached God. God became angry and he banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.
- a female given name, Havva or Hawwa, of Muslim usage
- 2021 August 28, Avinash Rai, “अफ़ग़ानिस्तान से निकासी उड़ान के दौरान पैदा हुई बच्ची, माता-पिता ने बच्ची का नाम रखा 'हव्वा' ”, in jagran.com, archived from the original on 28 August 2021:
- बच्ची का नाम हव्वा (Havva) रखा गया, जिसका अंग्रेजी में अनुवाद ईव होता है।
- baccī kā nām havvā (Havva) rakhā gayā, jiskā aṅgrejī mẽ anuvād īv hotā hai.
- The baby girl's name was kept Hawwa, of which the English translation is Eve.
Declension
Declension of हव्वा (sg-only fem ā-stem)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | हव्वा havvā |
| oblique | हव्वा havvā |
| vocative | हव्वा havvā |
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
हव्वा • (havvā) m
- alternative form of हौआ (hauā, “bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear; a hobgoblin, an ogre”)
- 2002, Saryu Prasad Choubey, आधुनिक सामाजिक मनोविज्ञान के मूल तत्व , New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, →ISBN, →ISBN:
- बालक से मनोवांछित कार्य करने या रोने से चुप करने के लिए माताएं बालकों को डराया करती हैं। कहती हैं— “चुप हो नहीं तो हव्वा आ जाएगा।”
- bālak se manovāñchit kārya karne yā rone se cup karne ke lie mātāẽ bālkõ ko ḍarāyā kartī ha͠i. kahtī ha͠i— “cup ho nahī̃ to havvā ā jāegā.”
- Mothers intimidate the children to make the child do the desired thing or to silence them from crying. They say— “Be quiet or else bogeyman will come.”
- 2017, Sadhana Thakur, बच्चों के लिए योग-शिक्षा: खेल-खेल में योग , Chennai: Notion Press, →ISBN, →ISBN:
- बच्चों, डर क्यों रहे हो आप? परीक्षा कोई हव्वा तो नहीं, समय के साथ ये भी बीत जाएगी।
- baccõ, ḍar kyõ rahe ho āp? parīkṣā koī havvā to nahī̃, samay ke sāth ye bhī bīt jāegī.
- Children, why are you all scared? Exam isn't any abnormal or scary thing, it will pass with time.
Declension
Declension of हव्वा (masc ā-stem)
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हव्वा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5567
- “हव्वा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हव्वा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1065