واحد

Arabic

Root
و ح د (w ḥ d)
28 terms

Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: وَاحِد (wāḥid)     Ordinal: أَوَّل (ʔawwal)     Multiplier: أُحَادِيّ (ʔuḥādiyy), مُفْرَد (mufrad), مُوَحَّد (muwaḥḥad)     Distributive: أُحَادَ (ʔuḥāda), مَوْحَدَ (mawḥada), فُرَادَى (furādā), فُرَادَ (furāda)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḥad- ~ *waḥad- (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.ħid/

Numeral

وَاحِد • (wāḥid) m (feminine وَاحِدَة (wāḥida))

1. one

   رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا وَٱمْرَأَةً وَاحِدَةً

   raʔaytu rajulan wāḥidan wa-mraʔatan wāḥidatan

   I saw [only] one man and one woman.

Usage notes

• The cardinal numbers "one" and "two" succeed the modified noun or substantive and agree with its grammatical gender.
• Adding the cardinal numbers "one" and "two" is optional, since nouns have morphologically singular and dual forms. Thus, when mentioned, it usually implies some emphasis comparable to the addition of only or merely in English.

Declension

Declension of adjective وَاحِد (wāḥid)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	وَاحِد wāḥid	الْوَاحِد al-wāḥid	وَاحِدَة wāḥida	الْوَاحِدَة al-wāḥida
nominative	وَاحِدٌ wāḥidun	الْوَاحِدُ al-wāḥidu	وَاحِدَةٌ wāḥidatun	الْوَاحِدَةُ al-wāḥidatu
accusative	وَاحِدًا wāḥidan	الْوَاحِدَ al-wāḥida	وَاحِدَةً wāḥidatan	الْوَاحِدَةَ al-wāḥidata
genitive	وَاحِدٍ wāḥidin	الْوَاحِدِ al-wāḥidi	وَاحِدَةٍ wāḥidatin	الْوَاحِدَةِ al-wāḥidati

Related terms

• أَحَد (ʔaḥad), إِحْدَى (ʔiḥdā)

Adjective

وَاحِد • (wāḥid) (feminine وَاحِدَة (wāḥida), masculine plural وَاحِدُون (wāḥidūn) or وُحْدَان (wuḥdān) or أُحْدَان (ʔuḥdān))

1. single
2. unique, incomparable
3. a certain

Declension

Declension of numeral وَاحِد (wāḥid)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	وَاحِد wāḥid	الْوَاحِد al-wāḥid	وَاحِدَة wāḥida	الْوَاحِدَة al-wāḥida
nominative	وَاحِدٌ wāḥidun	الْوَاحِدُ al-wāḥidu	وَاحِدَةٌ wāḥidatun	الْوَاحِدَةُ al-wāḥidatu
accusative	وَاحِدًا wāḥidan	الْوَاحِدَ al-wāḥida	وَاحِدَةً wāḥidatan	الْوَاحِدَةَ al-wāḥidata
genitive	وَاحِدٍ wāḥidin	الْوَاحِدِ al-wāḥidi	وَاحِدَةٍ wāḥidatin	الْوَاحِدَةِ al-wāḥidati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	وَاحِدَيْن wāḥidayn	الْوَاحِدَيْن al-wāḥidayn	وَاحِدَتَيْن wāḥidatayn	الْوَاحِدَتَيْن al-wāḥidatayn
nominative	وَاحِدَانِ wāḥidāni	الْوَاحِدَانِ al-wāḥidāni	وَاحِدَتَانِ wāḥidatāni	الْوَاحِدَتَانِ al-wāḥidatāni
accusative	وَاحِدَيْنِ wāḥidayni	الْوَاحِدَيْنِ al-wāḥidayni	وَاحِدَتَيْنِ wāḥidatayni	الْوَاحِدَتَيْنِ al-wāḥidatayni
genitive	وَاحِدَيْنِ wāḥidayni	الْوَاحِدَيْنِ al-wāḥidayni	وَاحِدَتَيْنِ wāḥidatayni	الْوَاحِدَتَيْنِ al-wāḥidatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	وَاحِدِين‎; وُحْدَان‎; أُحْدَان wāḥidīn‎; wuḥdān‎; ʔuḥdān	الْوَاحِدِين‎; الْوُحْدَان‎; الْأُحْدَان al-wāḥidīn‎; al-wuḥdān‎; al-ʔuḥdān	وَاحِدَات wāḥidāt	الْوَاحِدَات al-wāḥidāt
nominative	وَاحِدُونَ‎; وُحْدَانٌ‎; أُحْدَانٌ wāḥidūna‎; wuḥdānun‎; ʔuḥdānun	الْوَاحِدُونَ‎; الْوُحْدَانُ‎; الْأُحْدَانُ al-wāḥidūna‎; al-wuḥdānu‎; al-ʔuḥdānu	وَاحِدَاتٌ wāḥidātun	الْوَاحِدَاتُ al-wāḥidātu
accusative	وَاحِدِينَ‎; وُحْدَانًا‎; أُحْدَانًا wāḥidīna‎; wuḥdānan‎; ʔuḥdānan	الْوَاحِدِينَ‎; الْوُحْدَانَ‎; الْأُحْدَانَ al-wāḥidīna‎; al-wuḥdāna‎; al-ʔuḥdāna	وَاحِدَاتٍ wāḥidātin	الْوَاحِدَاتِ al-wāḥidāti
genitive	وَاحِدِينَ‎; وُحْدَانٍ‎; أُحْدَانٍ wāḥidīna‎; wuḥdānin‎; ʔuḥdānin	الْوَاحِدِينَ‎; الْوُحْدَانِ‎; الْأُحْدَانِ al-wāḥidīna‎; al-wuḥdāni‎; al-ʔuḥdāni	وَاحِدَاتٍ wāḥidātin	الْوَاحِدَاتِ al-wāḥidāti

Pronoun

وَاحِد • (wāḥid) m (feminine وَاحِدَة (wāḥida))

1. someone
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:2:

     اَلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ

     az-zāniyatu wa-z-zānī fa-jlidū kulla wāḥidin minhumā miʔata jaldatin

     As for female and male fornicators, give each one of them one hundred lashes

Declension

Declension of pronoun وَاحِد (wāḥid)

singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَاحِد wāḥid	الْوَاحِد al-wāḥid	وَاحِد wāḥid	وَاحِدَة wāḥida	الْوَاحِدَة al-wāḥida	وَاحِدَة wāḥidat
nominative	وَاحِدٌ wāḥidun	الْوَاحِدُ al-wāḥidu	وَاحِدُ wāḥidu	وَاحِدَةٌ wāḥidatun	الْوَاحِدَةُ al-wāḥidatu	وَاحِدَةُ wāḥidatu
accusative	وَاحِدًا wāḥidan	الْوَاحِدَ al-wāḥida	وَاحِدَ wāḥida	وَاحِدَةً wāḥidatan	الْوَاحِدَةَ al-wāḥidata	وَاحِدَةَ wāḥidata
genitive	وَاحِدٍ wāḥidin	الْوَاحِدِ al-wāḥidi	وَاحِدِ wāḥidi	وَاحِدَةٍ wāḥidatin	الْوَاحِدَةِ al-wāḥidati	وَاحِدَةِ wāḥidati

Descendants

• Maltese: wieħed
• → Azerbaijani: vahid
• → Malay: واحد

Egyptian Arabic

Egyptian Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: واحد     Ordinal: أول

Etymology

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwæːħɪd]

Numeral

واحد • (wāḥid)

1. one

Adjective

واحد • (wāḥid) (feminine واحدة (waḥda))

1. one

Noun

واحد • (wāḥid) m (feminine واحدة (waḥda))

1. someone
2. person
3. guy; man

Hijazi Arabic

Hijazi Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: واحد     Ordinal: أول

Root
و ح د
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.ħid/

Numeral

واحد • (wāḥid) m (feminine وحدة (waḥda))

1. one

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : واحد

Numeral

واحد

1. Jawi spelling of wahid.‎

Moroccan Arabic

Moroccan Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: واحد     Ordinal: أول

Etymology

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.ħid/

Numeral

واحد • (wāḥid) m (feminine واحدة (waḥda))

1. one

Adjective

واحد • (wāḥid) (feminine واحدة (waḥda), masculine plural واحدين (waḥdīn), feminine plural واحدات (waḥdāt))

1. single

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /waː.ˈhid/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.ɦɪd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.ɦɪd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.jɪd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.jid̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.ɦed̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.ɦid̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	wāhid
Dari reading?	wāhid
Iranian reading?	vâhed
Tajik reading?	vohid

Noun

واحد • (wāhid / vâhed) (Tajik spelling воҳид)

1. individual
2. unit

Adjective

واحد • (wāhid / vâhed) (Tajik spelling воҳид)

1. single
2. sole, unique

Numeral

واحد • (wāhid / vâhed) (Tajik spelling воҳид)

1. (literary, otherwise uncommon) one

   Synonym: یک (yak / yek)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “واحد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• “واحد”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “واحد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.

South Levantine Arabic

South Levantine Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: واحد     Ordinal: أول

Root
و ح د
11 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.ħad/, [ˈwaː.ħad]
• IPA^(key): /waː.ħed/, [ˈwaː.ħed]

• Audio (Amman):

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Numeral

واحد • (wāḥad) m (feminine واحدة (waḥde))

1. one

Usage notes

• As in Modern Standard Arabic, there is no indefinite article; the number “one” is already implied in nouns without the definite article ال (il). In order to stress that it's only “one”, واحد (wāḥad) is used as an adjective following the noun.

Adjective

واحد • (wāḥad) (feminine واحدة (waḥde))

1. single

Noun

واحد • (wāḥad) m

1. person, (after a number) people

Pronoun

واحد • (wāḥad)

1. one
2. someone, anyone

   Synonym: حدا (ḥada, “someone, anyone”)

Urdu

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ایک (ek)     Ordinal: پَہْلا (pahlā), اَوَّل (avval)     Multiplier: اِکْلَوتا (iklautā), واحِد (vāhid)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَاحِد (wāhid), from Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɦɪd̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɪd̪

Adjective

وَاحِد • (vāhid) (Hindi spelling वाहिद)

1. single