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
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 ʾillā lahwun walaʿibun waʾinna d-dāra l-ʾāḵirata lahiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʿlamūna

     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: хІайван (ḥʳajwan)
• → Azerbaijani: heyvan
• → Bashkir: хайуан (xayuan)
• → 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)
• → Persian: حیوان‎ (heyvân)
  • Tajik: ҳайвон (hayvon)
  • → Hindi: हैवान (haivān)
  • → Kazakh: хайуан (xaiuan)
  • → 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
• → Tatar: хайван (xaywan)
• → Zazaki: heywan

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Malay

Noun

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

1. Jawi spelling of haiwan

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ي و‎

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)