هوا

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See also: ہوا

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic هَوَاء(hawāʔ, air).

Noun[edit]

هوا (hawam

  1. air

Khalaj[edit]

Noun[edit]

هَوا (havâ) (definite accusative هَوانؽ‎, plural هَوالار‎)

  1. Arabic spelling of havâ (air, weather)

Declension[edit]

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Root
ه و ي
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic هَوَاء(hawāʔ, air).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ha.wa/, /hwaː/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

هوا (hawa, hwām

  1. air

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَاء(hawāʔ, air).

Noun[edit]

هوا (hava)

  1. air, the substance constituting Earth's atmosphere
  2. (chemistry) gas, matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma
  3. weather, the climate or atmospheric condition of a locality
  4. breeze, a light, gentle wind
  5. (music) aria, a musical piece written typically for a solo voice
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Turkish: hava
  • Greek: χαβάς (chavás)
  • Laz: ხავა (xava)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ха̀ва
    Latin script: hàva

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic هَوًى(hawan, desire, love, passion).

Noun[edit]

هوا (heva) (plural اهوا‎)

  1. liking, the slightest degree of the passion of love
  2. (in the plural) any vain bias, whim, fancy, caprice
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَاء(hawāʔ, air).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Dari هوا
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳаво (havo)

هوا (havâ)

  1. air
  2. wind
  3. weather

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “هوا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1516
  2. ^ Bausani, Alessandro (1969), “Note sui prestiti arabi nella più antica poesia neopersiana”, in Studia Classica et Orientalia Antonino Pagliaro Oblata. I (in Italian), Rome: Istituto di Glottologia dell’Università, page 178 of 173–188

Sindhi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian هوا(havâ), from Arabic هَوَاء(hawāʔ, air).

Noun[edit]

هوا (havâm (Devanagari हवा‎)

  1. air
  2. wind

Related terms[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ه و ي

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic هَوَاء(hawāʔ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ha.wa/, [ˈha.wa]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

هوا (hawam

  1. air
    Synonym: جوّ(jaww)
  2. wind, breeze
    Synonym: (formal) ريح(rīḥ)