هوا

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See also: ہوا

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”).

Noun

هوا • (hawa) m

  1. air

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ه و ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

هوا • (hawa) m (plural أَهْوِيَة (ʔahwiya))

  1. air
  2. weather
    Synonym: جَوّ (jawwa)
  3. wind, breeze
    Synonym: رياح (riyāḥ)

Khalaj

Noun

هَوا (havâ) (definite accusative هَوانؽ, plural هَوالار)

  1. Arabic spelling of havâ (“air, weather”)

Declension

Declension of هوا
singular plural
nominative هوا هوالار
genitive هواݧ هوالارؽݧ
dative هواقا هوالارقا
definite accusative هواݧ هوالارؽ
locative هواچا هوالارچا
ablative هوادا هوالاردا
instrumental هوالا هوالارلا
equative هواوارا هوالاروارا

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ه و ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.wa/, /hwaː/
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Noun

هوا • (hawa, hwā) m

  1. air

Descendants

  • → Ladino: ĥua (Haketia)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”).

Noun

هوا • (hava)

  1. air, the substance constituting Earth's atmosphere
  2. (chemistry) gas, matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma
  3. weather, the climate or atmospheric condition of a locality
  4. breeze, a light, gentle wind
  5. (music) aria, a musical piece written typically for a solo voice
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

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Etymology 2

From Arabic هَوًى (hawan, “desire, love, passion”).

Noun

هوا • (heva) (plural اهوا)

  1. liking, the slightest degree of the passion of love
  2. (in the plural) any vain bias, whim, fancy, caprice
Derived terms
Descendants

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”).

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

Dari هوا
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳаво

هَوا • (havâ)

  1. air
  2. wind
  3. weather
  4. desire, love, passion

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “هوا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “هوا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1516
  • Bausani, Alessandro (1969) “Note sui prestiti arabi nella più antica poesia neopersiana”, in Studia Classica et Orientalia Antonino Pagliaro Oblata. I (in Italian), Rome: Istituto di Glottologia dell’Università, page 178 of 173–188

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هوا (hawā), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”). Compare Urdu ہوا (hawā).

Noun

هوا • (havā) m (Devanagari हवा)

  1. air
  2. wind

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ه و ي
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

هوا • (hawa) m

  1. air
    Synonym: جوّ (jaww)
  2. wind, breeze
    Synonym: (formal) ريح (rīḥ)
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