هوا

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See also: ہوا

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air).

Noun

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هوا (hawam

  1. air

Khalaj

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Noun

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

  1. Arabic spelling of havâ (air, weather)

Declension

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Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ه و ي
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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هوا (hawa, hwām

  1. air

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air).

Noun

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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
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Descendants
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  • Turkish: hava
  • Albanian: hava
  • Greek: χαβάς (chavás)
  • Laz: ხავა (xava)
  • Macedonian: ава (ava)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ха̀ва
    Latin script: hàva

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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هوا (heva) (plural اهوا)

  1. liking, the slightest degree of the passion of love
  2. (in the plural) any vain bias, whim, fancy, caprice
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? hawā
Dari reading? hawā
Iranian reading? havâ
Tajik reading? havo

Noun

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Dari هوا
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳаво

هَوا (havâ)

  1. air
  2. wind
  3. weather
  4. desire, love, passion

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “هوا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “هوا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1516
  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian هوا (hawā), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air). Compare Urdu ہوا (hawā).

Noun

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هوا (havām (Devanagari हवा)

  1. air
  2. wind
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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ه و ي
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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هوا (hawam

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