ح

See also: ج, خ, چ, Շ, Ⴀ, and Appendix:Variations of "h"

ح U+062D, ح ARABIC LETTER HAH ← ج [U+062C] Arabic خ → [U+062E]

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

ﺡ U+FEA1, ﺡ ARABIC LETTER HAH ISOLATED FORM ← ﺠ [U+FEA0] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺢ → [U+FEA2]

ﺢ U+FEA2, ﺢ ARABIC LETTER HAH FINAL FORM ← ﺡ [U+FEA1] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺣ → [U+FEA3]

ﺣ U+FEA3, ﺣ ARABIC LETTER HAH INITIAL FORM ← ﺢ [U+FEA2] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺤ → [U+FEA4]

ﺤ U+FEA4, ﺤ ARABIC LETTER HAH MEDIAL FORM ← ﺣ [U+FEA3] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺥ → [U+FEA5]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ha]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [h]

Letter

ح (ha) (no case)

1. The seventh letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢊 (l, “heth”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤇 (l, “heth”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓎛. See also Classical Syriac ܚ (l, “heth”), Hebrew ח (l, “chet”), Ancient Greek Η (Ē), Latin H.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ħaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ħ/

Letter

ح / ح‍ / ‍ح‍ / ‍ح • (ḥāʔ) (no case)

1. The sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet, called حَاء (ḥāʔ) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج (j) and followed by خ (ḵ).

Symbol

ح / ح‍ / ‍ح‍ / ‍ح • (ḥāʔ)

1. The eighth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ز (z) and followed by ط (ṭ).

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
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Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h/, [h]

Letter

ح (transliteration needed) (no case)

1. The eleventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h/, [h]

Letter

ح (transliteration needed) (no case)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x/, [x]

Letter

ح (no case)

1. The ninth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.

Usage notes

• This letter is used before finals -e, -ei, -en, -eng.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ح (ḥ). The letter's name comes from Ottoman Turkish حَه (ha).

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ħ/

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ħa/

Letter

ح • (ḥ) (no case)

1. the sixth letter of the Arabic abjad, named حه (ḥa)

Etymology 2

Shortened form of Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa/

Prefix

حـ • (ḥa-)

1. indicates future tense: will

Alternative forms

• هـ (ha-)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ħaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ħ/

Letter

ح • (ḥāʔ) (no case)

1. The sixth letter of the Hijazi Arabic alphabet, called حَاء and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج (jīm) and followed by خ (ḵāʔ).

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, هـ, و, ي ^[edit]

Etymology 2

Shortened form of Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa, “he went”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa/

Particle

حـ • (ḥa)

2. will (prefix indicating the future tense)

   حَيِتْكَلَّم ― ḥayitkallam ― he will speak

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Shortened form of Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa, “he went”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa/

Particle

حَـ (ḥa-)

2. will (prefix indicating the future tense)

   حَيِحْچِي ― ḥayiḥči ― he will speak

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /haj/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

ح • (h) (no case)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by چھ and followed by خ.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ح
Cyrillic	Х, х
Latin	X, x

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /xa/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /x/

Letter

ح • (x) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Х or х)

1. The seventh letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by چ and followed by د.

See also

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /he/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

ح (he) (no case)

1. The ninth letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by چ and followed by خ.

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [hɐ pədas], [hɐ kət͡ʃel]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [h]

Letter

ح / ح‍ / ‍ح‍ / ‍ح (no case)

1. The seventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ح • (x) (no case)

1. (Middle Belarusian Arabica) A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, گ, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ء) ^[edit]

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

From Classical Persian ح (hē), from Arabic ح (hāʔ).

Letter

ح (baṛī ḥe) (no case)

1. The ninth letter of the Pahari-Potwari alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by چ (ce) and followed by خ (xe).

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /he/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

ح • (he) (no case)

1. The eleventh letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by څ and followed by خ.

Persian

Pronunciation

• (letter name)

  (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): /heː/

  (Iran) IPA^(key): /he/

• (phonemes)

  (formal, all dialects) IPA^(key): [h]

  (colloquial, Dari) IPA^(key): [ɑː], [w], [j] (or deleted)

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

• Homophone: ه

Letter

حـ / ـحـ / ‍ـح / ‍ح • (h) (no case)

1. The eighth letter of the Persian alphabet, called حِ (he) or حی (hē) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by چ and followed by خ.

Usage notes

• Most colloquial dialects in Afghanistan have lost the glottal consonants /h/ and /ʔ/. They are either deleted, replaced by /j/ or /w/ (near i/ī or u/ū), or, when proceeded by a َ (“zabar”), replaced by the phoneme /ɑ/.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حروف (hurūf / horuf) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی ^[edit]

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਹ (hāhā), ਹ਼
• (letter name): وڈی حے (vaḍḍī ḥe)

Etymology

From Classical Persian ح (hē), from Arabic ح (hāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋə.ɖːiː ɦeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɦ/

Letter

ح • (vaḍḍī ḥe) (no case)

1. The ninth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by چ (ce) and followed by خ (xe).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /he/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

ح • (he) (no case)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڇ and followed by خ.

See also

• Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Shortened form of رح (raḥ), compare with Egyptian Arabic حـ (ḥa-) and هـ (ha-).

Particle

حـ • (ḥa-)

1. alternative form of رح (raḥ): going to, will; prefix of a following subjunctive verb to express the future tense

Urdu

Alternative forms

• (letter name): بڑی حے (baṛī he)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɽiː ɦeː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦ/

Letter

ح • (baṛī he) (no case)

1. The ninth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by چ and followed by خ.