هما

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu.maː/

Pronoun

هُمَا • (humā) m du or f du (enclitic form ـهُمَا (-humā) or ـهِمَا (-himā))

1. they both, the two of them (masculine or feminine dual subject pronoun)

Pronoun

ـهُمَا or ـهِمَا • (-humā or -himā) m du or f du (enclitic form of هُمَا (humā))

1. their, them (masculine or feminine dual bound object pronoun).

See also

Arabic personal pronouns

Isolated nominative1 pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		أَنَا (ʔanā)	نَحْنُ (naḥnu)
2nd person	m	أَنْتَ (ʔanta)	أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā)	أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum)
	f	أَنْتِ (ʔanti)		أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna)
3rd person	m	هُوَ (huwa)	هُمَا (humā)	هُمْ (hum), هُمُ (humu)2
	f	هِيَ (hiya)		هُنَّ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		إِيَّايَ (ʔiyyāya)	إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā)
2nd person	m	إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka)	إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā)	إِيَّاكُم (ʔiyyākum)
	f	إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki)		إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna)
3rd person	m	إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu)	إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum)
	f	إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā)		إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʔiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		ـنِي (-nī), ـنِيَ (-niya), ـي (-y), ـيَ (-ya)3	ـنَا (-nā)
2nd person	m	ـكَ (-ka)	ـكُمَا (-kumā)	ـكُم (-kum)
	f	ـكِ (-ki)		ـكُنَّ (-kunna)
3rd person	m	ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)4	ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)3	ـهُم (-hum), ـهِم (-him)4
	f	ـهَا (-hā)		ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)3

1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula.
2. هُمْ (hum) becomes هُمُ (humu) before the definite article الـ (al--).
3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)).
4. ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Persian

Etymology

From earlier همای (homây), from Middle Persian hwmʾy (humāy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hu.ˈmɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.mɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.mɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.mɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.mɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ho.mɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hu.mɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	humā
Dari reading?	humā
Iranian reading?	homâ
Tajik reading?	humo

Noun

هما • (homâ)

1. lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)
2. (Iranian mythology) Huma bird
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1161:

     بازم و حیران شود در من هما
     جغد که بود تا بداند سر ما

     bāz-am u hayrān šawad dar man humā
     juğd ki buwad tā bi-dānad sirr-i mā

     I am a falcon, and (yet) the humá becomes lost in amazement at me:
     who is an owl, that it should know my secret?

Proper noun

هما • (homâ)

1. a female given name, Homa

Tunisian Arabic

Pronoun

هما (humā) pl

1. they