حيوان

See also: حیوان

Arabic

Root
ح ي و (ḥ y w)
21 terms

Picture dictionary

حيوان

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Semitic *ḥayaw- (“animal”). Cognate with Hebrew חיה (ḥayyā), Classical Syriac ܚܝܘܬܐ (ḥaywəṯā) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎆𐎉 (ḥwṭ). Synchronically, a verbal noun of حَيَّ (ḥayya, “to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ja.waːn/

• Audio:

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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

• → Avar: хӏайван (ḥʳajwan)
• → Azerbaijani: heyvan
• → Bashkir: хайуан (xaywan)
• → Chagatai: حَیْوَان (ḥywān)
  • Uyghur: ھايۋان (haywan)
  • Uzbek:

    Latin script: hayvon

    Cyrillic script: ҳайвон

• → Classical Persian: حَیْوَان (haywān)
  • Tajik: ҳайвон (hayvon)
  • → Azerbaijani: heyvan
    • → Talysh: həyvon
  • → Bengali: হায়ওয়ান (haẏōẇan)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: हैवान (haivān)

    Urdu: حَیوَان (haivān)

  • → Kazakh: хайуан (xaiuan)
  • → Khalaj: həyvân
  • → Kyrgyz: айбан (ayban)
  • → Malay: haiwan
    • > Indonesian: hewan (inherited)
    • → Ternate: haiwan
    • → West Makian: haiwan
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حیوان (hayvân), հայվան (hayvan) — Armeno-Turkish
    • Turkish: hayvan
    • → Albanian: hajvan
    • → Armenian: հայվան (hayvan)
    • → Greek: χαϊβάνι (chaïváni)
    • → Macedonian: ајван (ajvan)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: hajvan / хајван
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਹੈਵਾਨ (haivān)

    Shahmukhi script: حَیوَان (ḥaivān)

  • → Russian: хайва́н (xajván) (slang, derogatory, rare)
  • → Tatar: хайван (xaywan)
  • → Turkmen: haýwan
  • → Uyghur: ھايۋان (haywan)
  • → Uzbek: hayvon
  • → Zazaki: heywan
• → Crimean Tatar: ayvan
• → Karachay-Balkar: хайуан (xayuan)
• → Kumyk: гьайван (haywan)
• → Kurdish:
  • Central Kurdish: حەیوان (ḧeywan)
  • Northern Kurdish: heywan
• → Madurese: ꦲ꦳ꦺꦮꦤ꧀
• → Ossetian: хайуан (xajwan)
• → Swahili: hayawani
• → Somali: xayawaan
• → Swedish: haiwan
• →? Tuareg: ămudăr (calque)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ح ي و
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic حَيَوان (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaj.waːn/

Noun

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

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

Malay

Noun

حيوان (plural حيوان-حيوان or حيوان٢)

1. Jawi spelling of haiwan.‎

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ي و
4 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic حَيَوان (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaj.waːn/, [ħajˈwæːn]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

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

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