هواء

Arabic

Root
ه و ي (h w y)
14 terms

Etymology 1

From the root ه و ي (h-w-y), meaning a hole or hollow, a depression or declivity, a valley or chasm, hence the empty space or air that fills them.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.waːʔ/

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Noun

هَوَاء • (hawāʔ) m (plural أَهْوِيَة (ʔahwiya))

1. (uncountable) air
2. (uncountable) atmosphere
3. synonym of جَوّ (jaww, “the apparently open space above the ground”)
4. empty space, vacancy, void
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:43:

     وَأَفْئِدَتُهُمْ هَوَاءٌ

     waʔafʔidatuhum hawāʔun

     Their hearts are vain.

Declension

Declension of noun هَوَاء (hawāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء al-hawāʔ	هَوَاء hawāʔ
Nominative	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ al-hawāʔu	هَوَاءُ hawāʔu
Accusative	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ al-hawāʔa	هَوَاءَ hawāʔa
Genitive	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ al-hawāʔi	هَوَاءِ hawāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَاءَيْن hawāʔayn	الْهَوَاءَيْن al-hawāʔayn	هَوَاءَيْ hawāʔay
Nominative	هَوَاءَانِ hawāʔāni	الْهَوَاءَانِ al-hawāʔāni	هَوَاءَا hawāʔā
Accusative	هَوَاءَيْنِ hawāʔayni	الْهَوَاءَيْنِ al-hawāʔayni	هَوَاءَيْ hawāʔay
Genitive	هَوَاءَيْنِ hawāʔayni	الْهَوَاءَيْنِ al-hawāʔayni	هَوَاءَيْ hawāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَهْوِيَة ʔahwiya	الْأَهْوِيَة al-ʔahwiya	أَهْوِيَة ʔahwiyat
Nominative	أَهْوِيَةٌ ʔahwiyatun	الْأَهْوِيَةُ al-ʔahwiyatu	أَهْوِيَةُ ʔahwiyatu
Accusative	أَهْوِيَةً ʔahwiyatan	الْأَهْوِيَةَ al-ʔahwiyata	أَهْوِيَةَ ʔahwiyata
Genitive	أَهْوِيَةٍ ʔahwiyatin	الْأَهْوِيَةِ al-ʔahwiyati	أَهْوِيَةِ ʔahwiyati

Derived terms

• هَوَائِيّ (hawāʔiyy)

 

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: هوا (hawa)
• Gulf Arabic: هوا (hawa)
• Maltese: hewwa
• Moroccan Arabic: هوا (hawa, hwa)
• → Afar: hawá (“climate”)
• → Amharic: ህዋ (həwa)
• → Azerbaijani: hava
• → Armenian: հավա (hava)
• → Bashkir: һауа (hawa)
• → Bhojpuri: हवा (havā)
• → Bengali: হাওয়া (haōẇa)
• → Georgian: ჰავა (hava)
• → Ge'ez: ህዋ (həwa), ሕዋ (ḥəwa)
• → Gujarati: હવા (havā)
• → Harari: ሐዋእ (ḥäwaʾ)
• → Hindi: हवा (havā)
• → Indonesian: hawa
• → Javanese: hawa
• → Judeo-Tat: hovo／гьово／האָבאָ (hovo)
• → Karaim: хъава (xava)
• → Kazakh: ауа (aua)
• → Khalaj: havâ
• Kurdish:
  • → Northern Kurdish: hewa
  • → Central Kurdish: ھەوا (hewa)
  • → Southern Kurdish: ھەوا (hewa)
  • → Laki: ھەوا (hewa)
• → Kyrgyz: аба (aba)
• → Lishana Deni: הוא (hawa)
• → Malay: hawa
• → Marathi: हवा (havā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: هواء (hava), هوا (hava)
  • Turkish: hava
  • → Albanian: hava
  • → Greek: χαβάς (chavás)
  • → Laz: ხავა (xava)
  • → Macedonian: ава (ava)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ха̀ва

    Latin script: hàva

• → Pashto: هوا
• → Persian: هوا (havâ)
  • → Bengali: হাওয়া (haōẇa)
  • → Georgian: ჰავა (hava)
    • → Bats: ჰავ (hav)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਹਵਾ (havā)

    Shahmukhi script: هوا (havā)

• → Punjabi: ਹਵਾ (havā)
• → Sindhi: هوا (havâ)
• → Somali: hawo
• → Sundanese: hawa
• → Swahili: hewa
• → Tajik: ҳаво (havo)
• → Tigrinya: ህዋህው (həwahəw)
• → Urdu: ہوا (havā)
• → Uyghur: ھاۋا (hawa)
• → Uzbek: havo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haw.waːʔ/

Noun

هَوَّاء • (hawwāʔ) m (plural هَوَّاؤُونَ (hawwāʔūna), feminine هَوَّاءَة (hawwāʔa)) (rare)

1. enthusiast

Declension

Declension of noun هَوَّاء (hawwāʔ)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَّاء hawwāʔ	الْهَوَّاء al-hawwāʔ	هَوَّاء hawwāʔ	هَوَّاءَة hawwāʔa	الْهَوَّاءَة al-hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَة hawwāʔat
Nominative	هَوَّاءٌ hawwāʔun	الْهَوَّاءُ al-hawwāʔu	هَوَّاءُ hawwāʔu	هَوَّاءَةٌ hawwāʔatun	الْهَوَّاءَةُ al-hawwāʔatu	هَوَّاءَةُ hawwāʔatu
Accusative	هَوَّاءً hawwāʔan	الْهَوَّاءَ al-hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَ hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَةً hawwāʔatan	الْهَوَّاءَةَ al-hawwāʔata	هَوَّاءَةَ hawwāʔata
Genitive	هَوَّاءٍ hawwāʔin	الْهَوَّاءِ al-hawwāʔi	هَوَّاءِ hawwāʔi	هَوَّاءَةٍ hawwāʔatin	الْهَوَّاءَةِ al-hawwāʔati	هَوَّاءَةِ hawwāʔati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَّاءَيْن hawwāʔayn	الْهَوَّاءَيْن al-hawwāʔayn	هَوَّاءَيْ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْن hawwāʔatayn	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْن al-hawwāʔatayn	هَوَّاءَتَيْ hawwāʔatay
Nominative	هَوَّاءَانِ hawwāʔāni	الْهَوَّاءَانِ al-hawwāʔāni	هَوَّاءَا hawwāʔā	هَوَّاءَتَانِ hawwāʔatāni	الْهَوَّاءَتَانِ al-hawwāʔatāni	هَوَّاءَتَا hawwāʔatā
Accusative	هَوَّاءَيْنِ hawwāʔayni	الْهَوَّاءَيْنِ al-hawwāʔayni	هَوَّاءَيْ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْنِ hawwāʔatayni	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْنِ al-hawwāʔatayni	هَوَّاءَتَيْ hawwāʔatay
Genitive	هَوَّاءَيْنِ hawwāʔayni	الْهَوَّاءَيْنِ al-hawwāʔayni	هَوَّاءَيْ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْنِ hawwāʔatayni	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْنِ al-hawwāʔatayni	هَوَّاءَتَيْ hawwāʔatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَّائِين hawwāʔīn	الْهَوَّائِين al-hawwāʔīn	هَوَّائِي hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَات hawwāʔāt	الْهَوَّاءَات al-hawwāʔāt	هَوَّاءَات hawwāʔāt
Nominative	هَوَّائُونَ‎/هَوَّاؤُونَ hawwāʔūna	الْهَوَّائُونَ‎/الْهَوَّاؤُونَ al-hawwāʔūna	هَوَّائُو‎/هَوَّاؤُو hawwāʔū	هَوَّاءَاتٌ hawwāʔātun	الْهَوَّاءَاتُ al-hawwāʔātu	هَوَّاءَاتُ hawwāʔātu
Accusative	هَوَّائِينَ hawwāʔīna	الْهَوَّائِينَ al-hawwāʔīna	هَوَّائِي hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَاتٍ hawwāʔātin	الْهَوَّاءَاتِ al-hawwāʔāti	هَوَّاءَاتِ hawwāʔāti
Genitive	هَوَّائِينَ hawwāʔīna	الْهَوَّائِينَ al-hawwāʔīna	هَوَّائِي hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَاتٍ hawwāʔātin	الْهَوَّاءَاتِ al-hawwāʔāti	هَوَّاءَاتِ hawwāʔāti

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi.waːʔ/

Noun

هِوَاء • (hiwāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of هَاوَى (hāwā, “to show love towards”)

Declension

Declension of noun هِوَاء (hiwāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِوَاء hiwāʔ	الْهِوَاء al-hiwāʔ	هِوَاء hiwāʔ
Nominative	هِوَاءٌ hiwāʔun	الْهِوَاءُ al-hiwāʔu	هِوَاءُ hiwāʔu
Accusative	هِوَاءً hiwāʔan	الْهِوَاءَ al-hiwāʔa	هِوَاءَ hiwāʔa
Genitive	هِوَاءٍ hiwāʔin	الْهِوَاءِ al-hiwāʔi	هِوَاءِ hiwāʔi