حيوان

See also: حیوان

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From the root ح ي و (ḥ-y-w), stemming from Proto-West Semitic *ḥayaw- (“to live”). Parallelly found in Hebrew חיה (ḥayyā), Classical Syriac ܚܝܘܬܐ (ḥaywəṯā) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎆𐎉 (ḥwṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ja.waːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

حَيَوَان • (ḥayawān) m (plural حَيَوَانَات (ḥayawānāt))

1. animal, beast

   الحَيَوَانُ الْمُفْتَرِسُ يَعِيشُ فِي الْغَابَةِ.

   al-ḥayawānu l-muftarisu yaʕīšu fī l-ḡābati.

   The predatory animal lives in the forest.

2. (collectively) animals, living creatures
3. (archaic) verbal noun of حَيَّ (ḥayya): life; (especially) long, eternal life
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:64:

     وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

     wamā hāḏihi l-ḥayātu d-dunyā ʔillā lahwun walaʕibun waʔinna d-dāra l-ʔāḵirata lahiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʕlamūna

     And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter – that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.

Declension

Declension of noun حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَوَان ḥayawān	الْحَيَوَان al-ḥayawān	حَيَوَان ḥayawān
Nominative	حَيَوَانٌ ḥayawānun	الْحَيَوَانُ al-ḥayawānu	حَيَوَانُ ḥayawānu
Accusative	حَيَوَانًا ḥayawānan	الْحَيَوَانَ al-ḥayawāna	حَيَوَانَ ḥayawāna
Genitive	حَيَوَانٍ ḥayawānin	الْحَيَوَانِ al-ḥayawāni	حَيَوَانِ ḥayawāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَوَانَيْن ḥayawānayn	الْحَيَوَانَيْن al-ḥayawānayn	حَيَوَانَيْ ḥayawānay
Nominative	حَيَوَانَانِ ḥayawānāni	الْحَيَوَانَانِ al-ḥayawānāni	حَيَوَانَا ḥayawānā
Accusative	حَيَوَانَيْنِ ḥayawānayni	الْحَيَوَانَيْنِ al-ḥayawānayni	حَيَوَانَيْ ḥayawānay
Genitive	حَيَوَانَيْنِ ḥayawānayni	الْحَيَوَانَيْنِ al-ḥayawānayni	حَيَوَانَيْ ḥayawānay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَوَانَات ḥayawānāt	الْحَيَوَانَات al-ḥayawānāt	حَيَوَانَات ḥayawānāt
Nominative	حَيَوَانَاتٌ ḥayawānātun	الْحَيَوَانَاتُ al-ḥayawānātu	حَيَوَانَاتُ ḥayawānātu
Accusative	حَيَوَانَاتٍ ḥayawānātin	الْحَيَوَانَاتِ al-ḥayawānāti	حَيَوَانَاتِ ḥayawānāti
Genitive	حَيَوَانَاتٍ ḥayawānātin	الْحَيَوَانَاتِ al-ḥayawānāti	حَيَوَانَاتِ ḥayawānāti

Descendants

• → Armenian: հայվան (hayvan)
• → Avar: хӏайван (ḥʳajwan)
• → Azerbaijani: heyvan
• → Bashkir: хайуан (xaywan)
• → Crimean Tatar: ayvan
• → Karachay-Balkar: хайуан (xayuan)
• → Kumyk: гьайван (haywan)
• → Kurdish:
  • Central Kurdish: حەیوان (ḧeywan)
  • Northern Kurdish: heywan / حەیوان (ḧeywan)
• → Madurese: ꦲ꦳ꦺꦮꦤ꧀
• → Ossetian: хайуан (xajwan)
• → Classical Persian: حَیْوَان (haywān)
  • Iranian Persian: حیوان (heyvân)
  • Tajik: ҳайвон (hayvon)
  • → Hindi: हैवान (haivān)
  • → Kazakh: хайуан (xaiuan)
  • → Khalaj: həyvân
  • → Kyrgyz: айбан (ayban)
  • → Malay: haiwan / حیوان
    • Indonesian: hewan
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حیوان (hayvan)
    • Turkish: hayvan
    • → Albanian: hajvan
    • → Greek: χαϊβάνι (chaïváni)
    • → Macedonian: ајван (ajvan)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: hajvan / хајван
  • → Punjabi: ਹੈਵਾਨ (haivān)
  • → Turkmen: haýwan
  • → Urdu: حیوان (haivān)
  • → Uyghur: ھايۋان (haywan)
  • → Uzbek: hayvon
• → Swahili: hayawani
• → Somali: xayawaan
• → Swedish: haiwan
• → Tatar: хайван (xaywan)
• → Zazaki: heywan

Malay

Noun

حيوان (plural حيوان-حيوان or حيوان۲, informal 1st possessive حيوانکو, 2nd possessive حيوانمو, 3rd possessive حيوانڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of haiwan

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ي و
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَيَوان (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaj.waːn/, [ħajˈwæːn]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

حيوان • (ḥaywān) m (plural حيوانات (ḥaywānāt))

1. animal, creature
2. animal (derogatory term for a human being)