حيوان

See also: حیوان‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ي و‎ (ḥ-y-w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ja.waːn/

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Noun

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

1. animal, beast
2. (collectively) animals, living creatures
3. (Classical Arabic, archaic) 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)
• → Azerbaijani: heyvan
• → Bashkir: хайуан (xayuan)
• → Crimean Tatar: ayvan
• → Indonesian: hewan
• → Karachay-Balkar: хайуан (haywan)
• → Kazakh: хайуан (xaywan)
• → Kumyk: гьайван (haywan)
• → Kurdish: heywan / حه‌یوان‎ (ḧeywan)
• → Kyrgyz: айбан (ayban)
• → Macedonian: ајван (ajvan)
• → Madurese: ꦲ꦳ꦺꦮꦤ꧀
• → Malay: haiwan / حیوان‎
• → Ossetian: хайуан (xajwan)
• → Persian: حیوان‎ (heyvân)
• → Punjabi: ਹੈਵਾਨ (hēvān)
• → Serbo-Croatian: hajvan / хајван
• → Swahili: hayawani
• → Tajik: ҳайвон (hayvon)
• → Tatar: хайван (xaywan)
• → Turkish: hayvan
• → Turkmen: haýwan
• → Urdu: حیوان‎ (haivān)
• → Uyghur: ھايۋان‎ (haywan)
• → Uzbek: hayvon
• → Zazaki: heywan

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Malay

Alternative forms

• haiwan

Etymology

From Persian حيوان‎ (heyvan), from Arabic حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hai̯wan], [hewan]
• Rhymes: -wan, -an

Noun

حيوان (Rumi spelling haiwan‎)

1. animal (organism)
2. animal (organism other than man)
3. animal (person who behaves like an animal)

Synonyms

• binatang / بيناتڠ‎
• satwa / ستوا‎

Adjective

حيوان (Rumi spelling haiwan‎)

1. animal (of animals)

Synonyms

• binatang / بيناتڠ‎
• satwa / ستوا‎