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Malay
Etymology
From Classical Persian حَیوان (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
Pronunciation
Noun
haiwan (Jawi spelling حيوان, plural haiwan-haiwan, informal 1st possessive haiwanku, 2nd possessive haiwanmu, 3rd possessive haiwannya)
- animal
- Synonyms: binatang, satwa
Adjective
haiwan (Jawi spelling حيوان)
- animal (of animals)
- Synonyms: binatang, satwa
Descendants
Swedish
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from Arabic حيوان (ḥayawān, “animal, beast”).
Noun
haiwan c
- (slang) animal, beast (as an invective towards someone not considered appropriately serious or the like)
References
Ternate
Etymology
From Malay haiwan, from Classical Persian حَیوان (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
Pronunciation
Noun
haiwan
- animal
- Synonym: binatang
- insect
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
West Makian
Etymology
From Malay haiwan (possibly through Ternate haiwan), from Classical Persian حیوان (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān). Doublet of haiwani.
Pronunciation
Noun
haiwan
- bird
- Synonym: namu
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics (as haywan)