حيوان

See also: حیوان‎

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From the root ح ي و‎ (ḥ-y-w).

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 C.E., 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 (χІajwan)
• → Azerbaijani: heyvan
• → Bashkir: хайуан (xayuan)
• → Crimean Tatar: ayvan
• → Karachay-Balkar: хайуан (xaywan)
• → 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 (xaywan)
  • → Kyrgyz: айбан (ayban)
  • → Malay: haiwan / حیوان‎
    • Indonesian: hewan
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حیوان‎ (hayvan)
    • Turkish: hayvan
    • → Albanian: hajvan
    • → 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

Alternative forms

• haiwan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

حيوان (Rumi spelling haiwan, informal 1st possessive حيوانکو‎, impolite 2nd possessive حيوانمو‎)

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

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ي و‎

Etymology

From Arabic حَيَوان‎ (ḥayawān).

Noun

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

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