هوية

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of هُوَ (huwa, he) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya).

Noun

هُوِيَّة (huwiyyaf (plural هُوِيَّات (huwiyyāt))

  1. identity
  2. substance, essence, existence
  3. divine substance
  4. identification documents
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ه و ي (h-w-y).

Noun

هَوِيَّة (hawiyyaf (plural هَوِيَّات (hawiyyāt))

  1. a desired thing
  2. a deep well
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) deep terrain, bottomland
Declension

References

  • جُبْرَان مَسْعُود Jubrān Masʿūd (1964) “هوية”, in الرائد معجم لغوي عصري ar-rāʾid: muʿjam luḡawiyy ʿaṣriyy[1], 7th edition, Beirut: دار العلم للملايين Dar Al Malayin, published 1992, →OCLC, page 847
  • Francis Johnson (1852), “هوية”, in A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1406