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Gujarati
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian هوا (hawā), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”). Compare Hindi हवा (havā).
Noun
હવા • (havā) m
- air
- wind; breeze
- Synonyms: પવન (pavan), વાયુ (vāyu)
- rumor, gossip
- Synonym: અફવા (aphavā)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian حوا (hawwā), from Arabic حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ), from Biblical Hebrew חוה (ḥawwâ). Compare Hindi हव्वा (havvā).
Proper noun
હવા • (havā) f
- (Abrahamism) Eve
(Can we date this quote?), “ઉત્પતિ”, in પવિત્ર બાઇબલ, page 3:અને તે માણસે પોતાની પત્નીનું નામ હવા [એટલે સજીવ] પાડ્યું; કેમ કે તે સર્વ સજીવની મા હતી- ane te māṇse potānī patnīnũ nām havā [eṭale sajīva] pāḍyũ; kem ke te sarva sajīvnī mā hatī
- And that man gave his wife the name Eve ; because she was the mother of all living.
- a female given name, Hawa or Hava, from Arabic, equivalent to English Eve or Hawwa