حوزة

See also: حوزه

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح و ز (ḥ-w-z)

Singulative noun of حَوْز (ḥawz), the verbal noun of حَازَ (ḥāza), from the root ح و ز (ḥ-w-z).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaw.za/

Noun

حَوْزَة • (ḥawza) f (plural حَوْزَات (ḥawzāt))

1. possession (all meanings)
2. sphere, field, range, catchment
3. (Islam, Shia Islam) Ellipsis of حَوْزَة عِلْمِيَّة (ḥawza ʕilmiyya, “Hawza (seminary for clerics)”).

Declension

Declension of noun حَوْزَة (ḥawza)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوْزَة ḥawza	الْحَوْزَة al-ḥawza	حَوْزَة ḥawzat
Nominative	حَوْزَةٌ ḥawzatun	الْحَوْزَةُ al-ḥawzatu	حَوْزَةُ ḥawzatu
Accusative	حَوْزَةً ḥawzatan	الْحَوْزَةَ al-ḥawzata	حَوْزَةَ ḥawzata
Genitive	حَوْزَةٍ ḥawzatin	الْحَوْزَةِ al-ḥawzati	حَوْزَةِ ḥawzati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوْزَتَيْن ḥawzatayn	الْحَوْزَتَيْن al-ḥawzatayn	حَوْزَتَيْ ḥawzatay
Nominative	حَوْزَتَانِ ḥawzatāni	الْحَوْزَتَانِ al-ḥawzatāni	حَوْزَتَا ḥawzatā
Accusative	حَوْزَتَيْنِ ḥawzatayni	الْحَوْزَتَيْنِ al-ḥawzatayni	حَوْزَتَيْ ḥawzatay
Genitive	حَوْزَتَيْنِ ḥawzatayni	الْحَوْزَتَيْنِ al-ḥawzatayni	حَوْزَتَيْ ḥawzatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوْزَات ḥawzāt	الْحَوْزَات al-ḥawzāt	حَوْزَات ḥawzāt
Nominative	حَوْزَاتٌ ḥawzātun	الْحَوْزَاتُ al-ḥawzātu	حَوْزَاتُ ḥawzātu
Accusative	حَوْزَاتٍ ḥawzātin	الْحَوْزَاتِ al-ḥawzāti	حَوْزَاتِ ḥawzāti
Genitive	حَوْزَاتٍ ḥawzātin	الْحَوْزَاتِ al-ḥawzāti	حَوْزَاتِ ḥawzāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hövzə
• → Ottoman Turkish: حوزه (havze)
  • Turkish: havza
• → Persian: حوزه (howze)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “حوزة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 441
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حوزة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 668
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حوزة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 304
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حوز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN