استواء

Arabic

Root
س و ي (s-w-y)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَوَى (istawā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.ti.waːʔ/

Noun

اِسْتِوَاء • (istiwāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَوَى (istawā) (form VIII)
2. being equable, level
3. uniformity
4. becoming perpendicular
5. being upright

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِوَاء (istiwāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِوَاء istiwāʔ	الِاسْتِوَاء al-istiwāʔ	اِسْتِوَاء istiwāʔ
Nominative	اِسْتِوَاءٌ istiwāʔun	الِاسْتِوَاءُ al-istiwāʔu	اِسْتِوَاءُ istiwāʔu
Accusative	اِسْتِوَاءً istiwāʔan	الِاسْتِوَاءَ al-istiwāʔa	اِسْتِوَاءَ istiwāʔa
Genitive	اِسْتِوَاءٍ istiwāʔin	الِاسْتِوَاءِ al-istiwāʔi	اِسْتِوَاءِ istiwāʔi

Derived terms

• خَطُّ ٱلِٱسْتِوَاءِ (ḵaṭṭu l-istiwāʔi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: istiva
• → Ottoman Turkish: استوا (istiva)
  • → Turkish: istiva
• → Persian: استوا
  • → Urdu: استوا