هوو

Khalaj

Noun

هَوو (havû) (definite accusative هَووݧ, plural هَوولار)

1. Arabic spelling of havû (“co-wife”)

Declension

Declension of هوو

	singular	plural
nominative	هوو	هوولار
genitive	هووݧ	هوولارؽݧ
dative	هووقا	هوولارقا
definite accusative	هووݧ	هوولارؽ
locative	هووچا	هوولارچا
ablative	هوودا	هوولاردا
instrumental	هوولا	هوولارلا
equative	هوووارا	هوولاروارا

Persian

Etymology

From earlier form هبو (habô) from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hbwk' /⁠habōg⁠/) from Proto-Iranian *hapáθniH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sapátniH (“co-wife, concubine”) from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥pótnih₂ (“co-wife”), made up from *sm̥- (“together, co-”) + *pótnih₂ (“wife”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (hapaθnī, “co-wife”), Pashto بن (bën), Northern Kurdish hewî, Central Kurdish ھەوێ (hewê) and Baluchi ہپوک (hapók).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.ˈwoː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.wóː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.wóː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.wóː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.wʊ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.vúː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.vɵ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	hawō
Dari reading?	hawō
Iranian reading?	havu
Tajik reading?	havü

Noun

هوو • (havu)

1. sister-wife

Descendants

• → Khalaj: havû