حيوان

See also: حیوان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ي و‏ (ḥ-y-w).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. animal, beast
2. (collectively) animals, living creatures
3. (Classical Arabic, obsolete) long, eternal life
   • 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)
• Azeri: heyvan
• Bashkir: хайуан (xayuan)
• Crimean Tatar: ayvan
• Indonesian: hewan
• Karachay-Balkar: хайуан (haywan)
• Kazakh: хайуан (xaywan)
• Kumyk: гьайван (haywan)
• Kurdish: heywan / حه‌یوان‏
• Kyrgyz: айбан (ayban)
• Macedonian: ајван (ajvan)
• Malay: haiwan / حیوان‏
• Ossetian: хайуан (xajwan)
• Persian: حیوان‏ (heyvân)
• Punjabi: ਹੈਵਾਨ (haivān)
• 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

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

• haiwan

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